Sharing is Caring

Thing I Learned #3: If you're going to share something with one student, be prepared to share with ALL students.

This little lesson I learned was because of one little hand sanitizer. I was sick one day and decided to start using a portable hand sanitizer with a clip on so that I could clip it onto my jeans. One of my students noticed my hand sanitizer hanging from my jeans and asked what it was. I told her, "It's a hand sanitizer. It cleans your hands when they are dirty so there won't be germs on them." She then asked if she could have some because her hands were dirty. I didn't think much of it so I said sure and squirted a drop on her hands. BIG MISTAKE. Next thing I know I have another student look at his hands and say, "Miss Elizabeth, can I have some?My hands are dirty." So I give him some. What follows after that is a stampede of 10 kids rushing over to me asking for some because their hands were dirty.

This is what it felt like.

Hahaha lesson learned!!! Never give a child something unless you are prepared to give the same to ALL of them. It's pretty obvious common sense but as a learning teacher, I didn't expect it. Now I know this. 

There are exceptions of course for example when it comes to incentives. Then only the children that earn the incentive receive the item. But you have to explain why only that child or those children received the object and not the others.

I always thought it was funny how I learned this!

Take one day at a time, 

ely <3