Parents who care

Our school had Back to School Open House this week

Two nights of staying late there (we are a big school)

I decided to set up a little display

outside of my school office

to call attention to the Parenting Class registration info on my wall
(I'm teaching Love & Logic soon)

It was also a good opportunity to talk to parents about their current concerns

What a great reason for my

love of miniatures

to get some play time

In my home office

I pulled out the baskets of people and furniture

and picked out some family clusters

I scooped them into a bag and took them to school with me

In miniature I had two full size families,

some grandparents raising their grandchild

and a single dad sitting at a table, playing with his kiddo

There are a lot more family configurations in our real live school families

but that was an attempt at representation

I don't know if anyone "got" that I'd set up little families

But several people commented

they really enjoyed the new look

the homey ambiance of the table cloths

and the glow of the lamp

Me too

One of the teachers who stopped several times to enjoy and comment said

"How do you dare put out all your special things?

I'm going back to my students

and doing a lesson on how much Mrs. McKinley trusts them

and how to act with that trust."

I love the way her brain works

So proactive

So empowering for kids

That's the kind of teacher we have in our district . . . .an amazing kind!

Always thinking about and doing things in the best interest of our students

I had a couple of fine evenings

with productive conversations

with parents

And I had some "cute" near enough to make me smile!