A long day at work. Children are sick, and I am, too.
I pull out my well-used tissue before getting ready for bed.
What a joy!
I see a dinosaur. I see a seahorse. I see a big smile. I see happy.
“Always be on the lookout for the presence of wonder.” – E.B. White
Jennie
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About Jennie
I have been teaching preschool for over thirty years. This is my passion. I believe that children have a voice, and that is the catalyst to enhance or even change the learning experience. Emergent curriculum opens young minds. It's the little things that happen in the classroom that are most important and exciting. That's what I write about.
I am highlighted in the the new edition of Jim Trelease's bestselling book, "The Read-Aloud Handbook" because of my reading to children. My class has designed quilts that hang as permanent displays at both the National Liberty Museum in Philadelphia, and the Fisher House at the Boston VA Hospital.
A Teacher's Reflections 
I am sorry you are ill, Jennie. I also have a cold and it is awful in this hot weather. I feel like I can’t breath at all. I am glad you can still see something to make you smile.
Thanks, Robbie!
PS, I loved The Poet’s Dog. I shall share my thoughts on Monday.
I’m so glad!
I hope you’ll feel better soon,Jennie. Those kids at school are such little germ banks, it’s hard not to catch something. And they don’t necessarily have to be sick to pass on a bug. I like your tissue monsters.
Thank you, Anneli. 😀
Oh the sickness and not well-Ness is rife here too Jennie! Feel better soon!
I saw a seahorse first, by the way! 😉
I saw the seahorse first, too! Must
Be our teacher DNA! 🙂
I think so too 😂
🙂
wonderful. you see the joy in everything with your imagination. feel better-.p.s. i saw a little girl with petticoats
Thanks, Beth. You did? Wait! I see that now! 😀
Psychological test
Haha! 😀
Get well soon Jennie – I see a sea-horse and a spooky ghost.
I see those, too. Isn’t the imagination a wonderful thing? Thank you, Opher.
We both had ‘flu that lasted almost a month.
But I see that seahorse too! 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
Oh, no! Flu is bad one. I love that little seahorse. 🙂
Feel better soon, Jennie!
I see some sort of animal but I don’t we have this species on Earth yet. 🙂
Thank you, GP. It certainly looks like a mixed species. 🙂
Always be on the lookout because God can provide blessings in the simplest things. I see a duck. 🙂 Hope you all feel better soon.
Well said! Love the duck. And, thank you.
I think this is when you know you’re really sick. I did think seahorse, though.
I hope you feel better soon, Jennie.
You may be right, Dan 🙂. Thank you!
Oh, Jennie, no! I hope it’s something that passes quickly. I’m so sorry you are sick.
Yet you still did this truly beautiful, whimsical post. Now that you mention it, the tissue does look like a dinosaur!
Take very good care of you, because you are a treasure that this world badly needs.
Feel fabulous fast.
Teachers of young children never get sick, as we probably have every immunity. The strep test was negative, so that’s good news. I was so struck by the dinosaur / seahorse / duck / ballerina, etc. tissue. And, you made my day with your very kind words! Thank you, Teagan. 😍
Aw. I hope you and the kids get well fast!
Thank you, Luanne! 🙂
love this
Thank you!
I do hope you feel better soon. Sending hugs.
Thank you, Darlene. 😍
I saw a seahorse, instantly. A wonderful way to distract from our woes. Hope you feel better soon, Jennie. ❤
Somehow I knew you would see a seahorse, Diana. Who knew that a tissue could bring so many smiles. 😀
Hope you feel better soon, Jennie. Working with those aged children is like teaching in an infectious ward. Cute tissue. I saw all those things but a dino first.
Thank you, John. My PCP refers to preschoolers as little Petri dishes 🙂. All the bleaching we do doesn’t kill the airborne germs, which are the germs that do the real damage. I’m glad you saw the Dino first on the tissue. Pretty cool.
Very cool.
🙂
Get well soon.
Hope you feel better, Jennie.
I see a seahorse!
I see that seahorse, too! Thank you, L. Marie.
I see Nessie!! 😄 So sorry to hear you’re ill though, Jennie, get well soon!
I’m on the mend. Thank you, Sarah. So glad you see Nessie! 🙂
That’s a wonderful quote, Jennie. Never stop wondering. I hope you feel better soon.
On the mend. There’s always a good quote when the heart meets up with the mind. 🙂
I’m pleased you’re healing. I agree with you about quotes.
Thanks, Norah!
I’m sorry you were or are still ill. Sorry too that I missed this post in the crazy of the move. I don’t see what you see because I normally don’t look. Now I’m going to make a point of it. I have tissue all over the house because my eye always leaks but never bother to really look at the tissue when I pick up a dropped one. You have put the fantasy back in the ordinary. Be well.
Thank you Marlene, I’m feeling better. Who knew that a tissue could look so magical? Fantasy is a wonderful thing. 🙂