Plans

Yesterday was my last day to teach preschool this year.  Mixed emotions about it, yes, but mostly just relief.  Teaching five 3&4 years olds for two hours  = super craziness.  And I think they've all got spring fever because none of them wanted to sit, or color, or draw, or write.  And one of them wouldn't even come in for the snack!!  (That last one is really just wierd)  Of course, I might have myself and my handy hubby to blame for that...no one wanted to get off the fort outside to come in and play. LOL.  So I understand.  But missing the snack? Seriously?

They do, however, all love storytime and singing time.  Which are my favorites too.  I think I'd like to just read and read to them and sing and sing with them.  And because 4 of the 5 kids are girls, singing usually leads to dancing, which is just a blast at that age.  The little boy can sure get into it too though.


I'm going to be brave this summer.  I'm going to try to teach my kids piano and singing.  I hope I'm not taking on too much-this really has me nervous.  I taught piano lessons back in high school, and then again when Scott and I were first married.  I love to teach kids to play the piano.  However, my own kids are a different story.  I tried a few years ago, but it led to fights with Tyler and Emalyn about practicing.  They had a hard time seeing me as any kind of authority on the piano, and I had a hard time being patient.  So they've been taking from a neighbor around here for a couple of years.  They still learn to play the piano, and we don't fight about it.  However, for the last few months they've been begging me to teach them.  I'm not really sure why...maybe they think I'll go easier on them than their current teacher.  She's really good with them, Tyler and Emalyn have learned a lot and they like piano.  Which is more than I think I would have accomplished.  They say they like her too.  So I really don't know why they want to switch, but since it would save us some money too, I'm going to attempt it this summer.  Mostly, I just want us all to still be friends at the end of the summer.  Any advice?

I'm also going to try to teach my kids to sing this summer.  I love to sing, it brings a lot of joy to my heart to sing, play the piano, and listen to music.  I would love to instill that in my children too.  I've been researching how to teach children to sing, and I actually feel alot more confident about this than the piano playing.  Not sure why.  Probably it's just because I don't know what I'm getting into.

I'm telling all of you this because, aside from the fact that I know your life revolves around my blog, I want to be accountable.  So if you see me this summer, ask me how it's going.  If you dare.  ha ha.