Day 23

Sean put a high school intern with me because he thinks I am confident and outgoing. I'll take that! He thinks I can really help her out. YAY!

Today in the classes we did about the same things as yesterday but with different stories. The teachers are trying to get the 4-5 year olds into a routine.

The only thing that was different was that Chris (who is my afternoon teacher for 4-5 year olds) called in sick. Ritchy (who is a Teaching assistant) was asked to fill in. This was his first time ever teaching, so the high school intern and I were expected to help even more than usual. He did a wonderful job filling in. I thought the three of us with the kids got along great. After the class Debra asked to speak to Ritchy alone. She asked him if he would be able to fill in for the rest of the week because Chris will not be in (sounds like it gallstones, poor lady). So Ritchy is going to be teaching the rest of the class, which means he can do anything with it that he wants. He just needs to follow the monster theme. I think he will do a good job.

After the internship, 3 other interns and I went to MIA (Minneapolis Institute of Art...which is connected to the Children's Theatre Company). It closed at 5, so we only had about 45 minutes to check it out. We just walked around and chatted. It was very nice and relaxing. The Institute had some very interesting art but we only got through a little bit of it. So there will be another day that we will go explore the MIA.