Teaching Experience 101

Coming to class prepared to teach my Unit of Study to a couple college students in my opinion, is way less nerve wracking than presenting my lesson to 25 antsy little second graders. Not only is the audience different in every single way, but the approach that you take to teaching the lesson varies greatly as well. From the inflection in your voice, to the questions you ask to engage the students, it is going to be quite the adjustment from teaching a lesson plans to college students, to adhering to the individual needs of 7 year olds. Although this might seem quite obvious to most, I am slightly overwhelmed with the fact that before I know it, I am going to be the center of attention to around 25 spongey minds, absorbing each and everything thing I say. Even though my stomach twists and turns at the thought, I also feel an overwhelming amount of excitement running through me! I think that only experience will be able to calm this feeling, and make me more comfortable with the idea. I am looking forward to field experience tomorrow so I will able to practice becoming more familiar with communicating with younger children, and develop a better understanding of how their minds work.