KinderCare Week 1

So I didn't post this past weekend because I was recovering from a very long week, but I'd love to share some of that with you now!

My first week at KinderCare was awesome:) I am really enjoying the teacher I work with, who has been in KC for 2 years now! There are a possible total of 20 kids in our PreK room, but the greatest we've had is 19. It's similar to the daycares I've been in before, but this time, the staff actually adheres to rules! Example, they make sure that the ratio is always right in the room. If you don't have the right amount of staff per children (depending on the age) in the room, it's against daycare regulations. These people have been so very careful to make sure that I'm never alone with more than 10 kids - yay!!

There are, as always, a few "trouble" children that I haven't quite figured out yet. Some kids are acting the way their parents do; others have a bit of spoiling in them that the other teacher and I are trying to curb:) Some of the kids do not respect me yet, which is hard to accept, but is the truth. The other teacher is trying to explain to them that I will be in this room and that they need to listen to and respect me just like they would her:) Hard stuff for 4 year olds!

The hours are a little hard too - I've got the 9:30-6:30 shift, which is closing. (Thankfully there's an hour for lunch!) I have something after nearly every day of work, so I've been trying to sleep in til 8:30 or so to get my sleep on before tackling the day. Wednesdays and now Mondays, I'll be babysitting from 7ish to 9:30 or so. Tuesdays and Thursdays I am up at Truro church either in my own Bible Study or helping prepare for their Saturday Young Adults worship service. So far, Fridays are my only free evenings, which leaves an opening for a date night:) Please keep this in your prayers - it's very difficult to run from one thing to the other and be able to focus on both:)

Alright, time to get going. Thank goodness for work being so close by, but I still try to be a bit early! Hopefully the next post I can explain some of the stuff we're teaching in the class:)