My aunt, Leigh Jones, recently stopped by our classroom. Aunt Leigh is a nationally recognized journalist- she's been a writer for Reuters and is currently an editor for the National Law Journal (I'm a little proud of her!). Anyway, she asked if she could write a guest blog- and I was honored to have her do it!
My name is Leigh Jones, and I am Miss Cramer’s aunt. I recently visited Miss Cramer’s class, when I was in Edmond to see my family for Thanksgiving. I had such a memorable experience at Northern Hills Elementary that I wanted to write a post about it on the “Miss Cramer’s Kindergarten Class” blog. She was kind enough to let me.
The afternoon I spent with Miss Cramer and her class of “friends” made me nostalgic for my former career as a teacher—I taught middle and high school English before I became a journalist. I also was reminded of my own elementary school years and all the caring, patient teachers who taught me to love learning.
I saw that same love of learning in her students on the afternoon of Nov. 26, when I visited her classroom as they were returning from recess and lunch. They were amazing little people, with precious smiles and wide eyes taking in the instructions from their teacher about the afternoon’s activities.
While I was there, they were busy reading books, working on spelling and moving throughout the different activity centers in the classroom.
I don’t have kids of my own, and I haven’t spent much time with groups of small children, so the afternoon was unfamiliar territory for me. I had never seen such tiny chairs!
But I do know this: The future is under construction in those classrooms at Northern Hills. And knowing that, I have much for which to be thankful.
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