My experience thus far..

I have made many connections with the students in my kindergarten class these last couple weeks. It seems as if I have known them way longer! My co-teacher has been having me do lessons with the kids starting from the first week and I love it. We have been focusing on the same topic the whole time and it amazes me how fast the kids learn and catch on to things. We usually get about a half an hour a day with the kids and split them into a few groups so that we are working with 4-5 students at a time and it works really well. I am there mostly for math, so fitting in read aloud's or anything other than math has been extremely difficult. The end of the day is crazy and they are not in their primary class much so our co-teacher doesn't want us there at that time. I have realized throughout these last couple weeks that I do not want to teach kindergarten. I never intended to teach kindergarten but being in a classroom and working hands on with the kids just made me realize it's not for me. I love the kids and have formed relationships with almost all of them, but it seems more like babysitting to me and focused so much on behavior and wrong from right. I couldn't do it everyday all year is what I know. I would much rather teach an older level where all of that is pretty much established although I realize you can never fully get away from these issues, don't get me wrong. My co-teacher is wonderful and is always willing to help out and take time out of her day to chat with me about her class, answer any questions and really fill me in on what it's been like for her teaching all the years that she has. I really enjoy her and her class and I will be sad when it is time for us to leave!