"A child is not a vessel to be filled, but a lamp to be lit".

Dear Teacher, I am sending you my most precious possession today, Trusting in your care what to do and say, Be gentle and loving and encourage him too, I'm trusting in you to know what to do, Show him things and let him draw, So he'll remember the things he saw, Let him jump and run and play, He'll tell us all about his day, Let him do things on his own too, But please help him when he looks to you, Give him a hug and smile alot, Memories of you will never be forgot.   A Loving Parent I Am Looking For A Teacher Who is beautiful inside Honest with the students Giving them a sense of pride. I am looking for a teacher With a healthy self-esteem Who clearly states the rules And doesn’t have to scream. I am looking for a teacher Who creatively prepares But whose first priority Is to convey that she cares. I am looking for a teacher Who is interested, not aloof Who treats her students with respect Even when they goof. I am looking for a teacher Who knows how to laugh and smile Who enjoys what she is doing And goes the extra mile. I am looking for a teacher Who believes all students can learn Who praises their efforts and dreams They give their best in return. I am looking for a teacher Who communicates with parents well Gently and carefully selecting words When there is a problem to tell. I am looking for a teacher Who will fill a child with desire To learn more every day With curiosity that won’t tire. I am looking for a teacher Who encourages children to have a dream To work at solving problems Building their self-esteem. There are teachers out there The kind we are looking for For their student’s future success They have opened up the door. Teacher's Prayer Lord, Please help me, To strengthen their voices, bodies and minds, To express their feelings and control them sometimes, To explore what's near and venture afar, But most important to love who they are. GOD MADE TEACHERS . . . God understood our thirst for knowledge, and our need to be led by someone wiser; He needed a heart of compassion, of encouragement, and patience; Someone who would accept the challenge regardless of the opposition; Someone who could see potential and believe in the best in others . . . So He made Teachers Nothing When a teacher retired after forty years in the classroom, there was a huge dinner for her. People flocked to the affair, not only colleagues and friends, but the numerous children, now grown to adulthood, whom she had taught over the years. They all came and many of them spoke. They spoke of the teacher's kindness, of her understanding, her sternness in the classroom coupled with her lover of her students, and the special care she took to see to it that every student learned. Many of her former students attributed their success in later life to the values and knowledge they had learned as students in her classes. Finally, it was the teacher's turn to speak, and as the master of ceremonies introduced her, he remarked that perhaps she would be willing to share some of the secrets of her success in teaching. "There's no secret to it," she said as she began to speak. "On my first day of teaching, forty years ago, I walked into the classroom to find that my students had placed a tack on my chair, put an apple with a worm in it on my desk, and someone had written on the chalkboard, 'You can't teach us nothing!'" "Since that day, I have always checked my chair before sitting down, never eaten anything given to me by a student, and made it my special project to see to it that every child in my class learned." "You see, within five minutes of that first day, I knew that my bottom could stand the tack and my stomach could survive the worm - but I realized that my conscience would never forgive me if I taught them 'NOTHING'" author unknown If you too work with children, and dance and sing and play, don't forget that you shape the future by whom you teach today.

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