whats the situation?

as i continue to work with the firsties, its was interesting to see how i use situational leadership methods naturally and how i can continue to improve in the service i am giving.

when working with these young ones i often need to take on a directing role. i tell them how reading assignments and games should be done and supervise them closely.

as the individual students improve in their readings, i let them suggest which educational game would like to play most, and i choose one that will best help them. its fun to watch them at work and achieve, but i always let them know i'm willing to help and coach them.

nothing brings greater joy than to see the little firsties take reading upon themselves. we assign them books to work on and training words to learn, but in the end all we can do is support them and i hope they will want to practice their words at home.

the best part of working with them is when we can turn their learning completely over to them. we delegate spelling and sentence assignments that each student needs to complete but it is entirely up to them what they will write and if they need to ask for help.