Gloria had her first weekend visit with a child this year.
Year after year, Gloria becomes a well-loved member of the classroom. Why? Because children naturally want to be loving. They need a platform to do that outside of their family. When that platform is someone who is different like Gloria, children rally. They want to reach out. Gloria makes children feel empowered, because they know their love to her makes a big difference.
It’s that complicated. It’s that simple.
Here are photos of her weekend:
Thank you for all you do for children, Gloria. They grow big hearts because of you. They become givers. They become our future.
Jennie
A Teacher's Reflections 
The tree-trunk house is perfect! The ideal spot for Gloria to hide.
Best wishes, Pete.
It is! The tree is actually a replica of the Hundred Acre Wood with Winnie the Pooh characters inside. Best to you, Pete.
Looks like she had fun!
She did! 😀
how incredibly precious!
Yes! Thank you, Beth. 💕
Thanks, GP. Love it!
Have a happy, Jennie! 👍👻
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A wondereful weekend for Gloria and her little pal.
Yes, indeed! 😀
Beautiful n full of innocence
Thank you!
That family went all out for their guest! What fun!! Was this Gloria’s first Big Wheels ride?
That was so much fun for the family. They were thrilled. Gloria has had quite a few Big Wheels rides- lucky girl!
I should have known Gloria had been treated to other Big Wheel rides!
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I know, I congratulate Dad for setting her her own place at the pizza table!
That was very sweet of him!
I just love that you do this with the children every year!!
Thank you!
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Thank you, Michael!
Wow, Gloria really had a nice and very distracted weekend. The tree-trunk house is so amazing. You should try to get it for the school area, Jennie! 😉 On the second last photo one can see a very exhausted Gloria. Put down by all the new experiences she had made. Thanks for sharing the information about this wonderful event, Jennie! Enjoy a nice rest of the weekend! xx Michael
She really did, Michael. The tree trunk house is the Hundred Acre Wood with Winnie the Pooh and friends. Gloria loved it!
She’ll recover ~ with lots of great memories!
What a great weekend gloria had.
Yes, she did. Thank you!
All of the above!
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Plus – I’ve always preferred burying kiddos (and being buried myself) in piles of leaves! Better yet – jumping into them after a long hard days work of raking! A bit of a conundrum, though!
Nothing better than a big pile of leaves! 😀
Oh yeaaaaah!
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What a delight! Thanks for sharing this and all the photos, Jennie. Happy Halloween hugs.
Thanks, Teagan. Glad you liked this. Happy Halloween!
Loved the photos, Jennie. Glad Gloria had a good time. (She does look a little doubtful about the pizza.)
Thanks, John. She really doesn’t like eating, so no wonder she was doubtful about the pizza. 😅
That makes sense.
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How wonderful. I love these pictures of Gloria enjoying her sleep over. She even got to ride the Big Wheel!
Thanks so much, Darlene. She really had a great time, and so did the family. I think riding the Big Wheels was a big hit!
OOOOh! I wish every tot could have a Gloria.
I do, too! Thanks Don.
What a heart-warming blog post, Jennie! My favorite photo is Gloria on the three-wheeler. But Gloria sharing pizza is also delightful! I agree with you that children naturally want to be loving. I see it every day in my Music Together classes. Such enthusiastic, generous hearts in these small human beings!
Thanks so much, Will! I’m glad you enjoyed the photos. We are both quite lucky to see children in their natural, loving state. It’s infectious, and such a joy.
Agreed!
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Gloria does get around!
She does! 😀
Awesome!
Thanks, Bette!
A pure delight, Jennie! 🎃
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Gloria has a way of making everyone’s heart a little bit bigger just by showing up. Great photos of a great visit, Jennie!
She really does. Thanks, Bruce. Glad you enjoyed this.
She doesn’t look all that excited about pizza, but that picture of her in front of the leaves should be framed.
No, food is not Gloria’s thing, especially pizza. I love the leaf photo. Did you see the boy’s head in the pile?
Of course, that’s what makes it so special.
Yes!!
What a wonderful weekend!
Thank you, Dan. It was! I wish I had Gloria’s social life. 🙂
Ha!
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Your idea to use Gloria as a teaching tool is one of the best ways I know of to teach acceptance of others, regardless of their appearance.
Bingo. You hit the nail on the head, Pete. Thank you!
What a fun weekend for Gloria and her little companion I love the tree house 🙂 x
Thank you, Carol. It was! The tree house is a replica of the Hundred Acre Wood with Winnie the Pooh and friends inside.
Wow, 🙂 that is so cool..lucky Gloria…
She is the lucky one! Thanks, Carol.
What a great weekend at that kid’s house! The tree fort with Winnie the Pooh and friends is awesome, and I bet she had a blast zipping around on that red Big Wheels!
Great fun!
She did, Deborah! I think the Big Wheels was her favorite. 😀
Looks as though Gloria had a wonderful Halloween weekend. ❤
She did, Debby!
Awww! Gloria is well travelled and much loved! 🙂 💓
She is, Jenn! 😍
Glorious Gloria. We do need those big hearts.
Yes, we do! ❤️
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Thank you.
What a beautiful post, you are right I see this love growing in our grandsons.💜💜
Thank you so much, and I’m glad to hear about your grandsons. How old are they? Besides being the reader-aloud guru at school, I read aloud at the library.
You sound Just my eldest sister she was a teacher and afterwards retirement she still went to school and the Library too to read with the children.
Our Grandsons are 8yrs and 5yrs and they are so loving and caring. 💜
That’s quite a complement, Willow. Thank you!. For your grandsons, I highly recommend reading aloud The Wild Robot, by Peter Brown. It is always THE #1 read aloud, from kindergarten to grade 4. Yes, it’s that good!
Right I shall look into that our son and daughter in law encourage lots of reading 💜
I guarantee they will love the book.