Happy first day of fall. In kindergarten rooms across the nation, I’m thinking there are changes. A fall decoration, doubtless, adorns the door. Inside, children and teacher step into a new unit on autumn.
My kindergarteners learned math, science, language skills through units. They would look for signs of changing seasons and fall was a special time. Somebody would hear the first flock of geese flying over. Leaves of all shapes and colors would come into the room in small hands. We read fall stories, wrote and illustrated our own stories on autumn, counted and classified leaves and acorns, learned about planet rotation and why days were getting shorter and nights longer. We delved into many fascinating facts.
I miss the children and the fun times, the eager, curious minds and engaging in learning in happy ways. In those days, kindergarten was an introduction to formal learning, although there wasn’t much formality in my bustling classroom. To my way of thinking, if a child’s first year at school was a happy one, he or she would look forward to the years to follow. We learned a lot, but we learned it in a fun way, and that, to me, was enjoyable.
I was given a special gift of doing these fun things with my grandchildren many years later. Happy memories!
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