Lincoln Stone
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Thursday, May 1, 2008
Friday, April 25, 2008
Hard Days, Hard Week
So I'm just going to preface this post by saying that I know people say this all the time BUT this has been the hardest 3 days I've ever experienced. On Wednesday one of my best friends Rebbecca was admitted to the hospital 7 months pregnant with something wrong with the baby. We come to find out he is really sick and has a lot of fluid around all of his vital organs. Not good. He had to be delivered today at 2pm by c-section. He weighed 6.5 lbs (just so you get an idea of how bad it was 2 of those lbs were water).
It was touch and go all day today which was incredibly scary. I felt so helpless sitting in my basement office in the dark next to my cell phone and thinking "ring damn you, ring" anticipating the next call from Becca's mom. Finally tonight I was able to go in and see Mike and Rebbecca in the hospital. I also got to see Lincoln in the NICU. He was the most beautiful baby I've ever seen. I don't know what else to write except that this experience has been the biggest testimony of Jesus Christ's love and God's perfect timing and grace in my life and my friends lives. Mike and Rebbecca and amazing; such calmness and strength in a devastating time. It was like music getting to hear Rebbecca tonight telling me that God is faithful and working in their lives through this and to hear Mike telling Rebbecca that this was God's child and if He took Linc tonight, they would be OK. Amazing. Amazing.
Abide with me
Abide with me; falls the eventide;
The darkness deepens; Lord with me abide.
When other helpers, fail and comforts flee,
Help of the helpless, abide with me.
Thou on my head, in early youth didst smile;
And, though rebellious, and perverse meanwhile,
Thou hast not left me, oft as I left Thee,
On to the close Lord, abide with me.
I need Thy presence, every passing hour.
What but Thy grace, can foil the tempter's power?
Who, like Thyself, my guide and stay can be?
Through cloud and sunshine, abide with me.
I fear no foe, with Thee at hand to bless
Ills have no weight, tears lose their bitterness
Where is thy sting death? Where grave thy victory?
I triumph still, abide with me.
Hold Thou Thy cross, before my closing eyes;
Shine through the gloom, and point me to the skies.
Heaven's morning breaks, and earth's vain shadows flee;
In life, in death, Lord, abide with me.
It was touch and go all day today which was incredibly scary. I felt so helpless sitting in my basement office in the dark next to my cell phone and thinking "ring damn you, ring" anticipating the next call from Becca's mom. Finally tonight I was able to go in and see Mike and Rebbecca in the hospital. I also got to see Lincoln in the NICU. He was the most beautiful baby I've ever seen. I don't know what else to write except that this experience has been the biggest testimony of Jesus Christ's love and God's perfect timing and grace in my life and my friends lives. Mike and Rebbecca and amazing; such calmness and strength in a devastating time. It was like music getting to hear Rebbecca tonight telling me that God is faithful and working in their lives through this and to hear Mike telling Rebbecca that this was God's child and if He took Linc tonight, they would be OK. Amazing. Amazing.
Abide with me
Abide with me; falls the eventide;
The darkness deepens; Lord with me abide.
When other helpers, fail and comforts flee,
Help of the helpless, abide with me.
Thou on my head, in early youth didst smile;
And, though rebellious, and perverse meanwhile,
Thou hast not left me, oft as I left Thee,
On to the close Lord, abide with me.
I need Thy presence, every passing hour.
What but Thy grace, can foil the tempter's power?
Who, like Thyself, my guide and stay can be?
Through cloud and sunshine, abide with me.
I fear no foe, with Thee at hand to bless
Ills have no weight, tears lose their bitterness
Where is thy sting death? Where grave thy victory?
I triumph still, abide with me.
Hold Thou Thy cross, before my closing eyes;
Shine through the gloom, and point me to the skies.
Heaven's morning breaks, and earth's vain shadows flee;
In life, in death, Lord, abide with me.
Friday, March 21, 2008
This is cool
Check this out if you haven't already seen it on You Tube...
Water
I think it might be one of the most visually stunning commercials I've ever seen.
Now to connect it with teaching :) How amazing would it be to show this to students and talk about why and how scientifically it happened. If I could get my hands on a super slow motion camera we could also try it ourselves (who could you get to let you borrow something like that? Video or film?) Or it would be awesome just to play with water balloons...
Water
I think it might be one of the most visually stunning commercials I've ever seen.
Now to connect it with teaching :) How amazing would it be to show this to students and talk about why and how scientifically it happened. If I could get my hands on a super slow motion camera we could also try it ourselves (who could you get to let you borrow something like that? Video or film?) Or it would be awesome just to play with water balloons...
Monday, March 3, 2008
Dr. Seuss Day
Here are some pictures I took today at school :)
My sweet girls
Climbing on the dome
one of my wild ones and one of my
favorites
Can I take you home? PLEASE?
We finally got them to line up
It was Dr. Seuss day at school
The Cat in the Hat came and read to us
Our class at KES!We had some much fun today! I read my reading groups One Fish Two Fish... and we had a blast. On Wednesday I'm teaching my first math lesson... here goes nothing!
Thursday, February 28, 2008
My Class at KES
My class at Kernersville consists of twenty-two kids who are all so freaking cute I can't stand it. In January when I was informed that I would be interning in a Kindergarten class I was really disappointed, "Fantastic, a half a year of wiping noses and listening to conversations about Hanna Montana," I thought to myself. Indeed I did find lots of runny noses and arguments over who was cooler, the High School Musical cast or Hanna Montana, but what I didn't expect to find were children who I would love to teach. I'll admit it, I was a 4th grade snob. For me, the pinnacle of teaching elementary school students was 4th graders; they still love their teachers but also are mature enough to have substantive conversations about interesting topics.
Although I still believe this about the 4th grade, I find it hard not to fall in love with Kindergarten! There is something about the way they learn and figure out things that is so fascinating and addicting, that it makes me forget about the fact that they can't button their own pants.
One day I taught a lesson to three small groups of children about how to be a "reading detective" and look for clues in the book when you can't figure out the words. We were focusing on patterns in the text to give us an idea of what was coming next (i.e. Brown Bear, Brown Bear type books). I was wearing a detective hat with a large card on it which read "reading detective" and was holding a huge magnifying glass and acting like a straight fool. I was looking and acting like an idiot but thats one thing I've learned with kids who have autism; when it comes to getting young children's interest and attention, go hard or go home. You can't have any of this 40% stuff. You have to commit to your silliness 100% or don't even try.
The most wonderful thing about Kindergarten is that the students will go there with you. Reading Detective? Sure! "I'm a detective too!" one kid yelled out when I told them what I was. "If you guys are lucky, I'll tell you how to make your OWN reading detective hat" (two baseball caps worn opposite ways...looks ridiculously corny but they ate it up) I told them. There was a gasp of excitement from the 7 children sitting around me. "Can we look for clues in the book now?" one child asked excitedly. They wanted to learn. They were begging for me to teach them. This is one reason why I love teaching, I live for that moment when kids are excited about learning something. It doesn't always happen and sometimes your lesson flops, but every once and a while you hit the jackpot.
Needless to say, I'm going to be a reading detective again next week.
Although I still believe this about the 4th grade, I find it hard not to fall in love with Kindergarten! There is something about the way they learn and figure out things that is so fascinating and addicting, that it makes me forget about the fact that they can't button their own pants.
One day I taught a lesson to three small groups of children about how to be a "reading detective" and look for clues in the book when you can't figure out the words. We were focusing on patterns in the text to give us an idea of what was coming next (i.e. Brown Bear, Brown Bear type books). I was wearing a detective hat with a large card on it which read "reading detective" and was holding a huge magnifying glass and acting like a straight fool. I was looking and acting like an idiot but thats one thing I've learned with kids who have autism; when it comes to getting young children's interest and attention, go hard or go home. You can't have any of this 40% stuff. You have to commit to your silliness 100% or don't even try.
The most wonderful thing about Kindergarten is that the students will go there with you. Reading Detective? Sure! "I'm a detective too!" one kid yelled out when I told them what I was. "If you guys are lucky, I'll tell you how to make your OWN reading detective hat" (two baseball caps worn opposite ways...looks ridiculously corny but they ate it up) I told them. There was a gasp of excitement from the 7 children sitting around me. "Can we look for clues in the book now?" one child asked excitedly. They wanted to learn. They were begging for me to teach them. This is one reason why I love teaching, I live for that moment when kids are excited about learning something. It doesn't always happen and sometimes your lesson flops, but every once and a while you hit the jackpot.
Needless to say, I'm going to be a reading detective again next week.
What am I doing?
Ok, so I'm doing this in order to
a) keep people updated on my life because I'm bad at that
b) put my thoughts down in written form
c) remember what I was feeling and thinking at the time
d) be a dork
And here's the set up for this blog
-I'm 25 years old and have been out of college for about 3 years
-I'm married to Matt my awesome husband
-I'm going back to school at UNCG to get my Masters in Education in the CPT program
-I'm interning currently in a Kindergarten class with 22 five and six year olds at Kernersville Elementary School two days a week in addition to my classes
Sound like an interesting backdrop for a blog? No? Dang... OK, well you still have to read it because you're my friends.
a) keep people updated on my life because I'm bad at that
b) put my thoughts down in written form
c) remember what I was feeling and thinking at the time
d) be a dork
And here's the set up for this blog
-I'm 25 years old and have been out of college for about 3 years
-I'm married to Matt my awesome husband
-I'm going back to school at UNCG to get my Masters in Education in the CPT program
-I'm interning currently in a Kindergarten class with 22 five and six year olds at Kernersville Elementary School two days a week in addition to my classes
Sound like an interesting backdrop for a blog? No? Dang... OK, well you still have to read it because you're my friends.
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