Hello all! This is my first blog in a very long time. I figured this is a great way to keep all of you updated in a much easier fashion than email groups. In this you'll hear about many of my endeavors, in my school, work and personal life.
To kind of update some of you who don't already know... Recently I decided to change my major from Elementary Education to Early Childhood Development/Child Life under the Human Development and Family Studies department. I am loving my new major and really have found my niche and know beyond a doubt that this is what I am supposed to be doing. I currently am volunteering at Children's Hospital one day a week and getting to work with a Child Life specialist there and learning the ropes and getting some real experience. For those of you who don't know, a Child Life Specialist works with hospitalized children and youth and helps to encourage their coping ability, as well as provide fun and stimulating activities to help distract them from all of the stresses hospitalization brings. I am really really enjoying my time at Children's and look forward to continuing volunteering with them. The other route I can take with this is being a teacher in an Early Childhood Development Center (Preschool). I have been spending some time in the Children's Program at the University of Alabama for a class that I am taking and I love it. I am in a multi-age classroom with kids ranging from 3 to 5 years old and I not only participate with them in the classroom but I have to write a lesson plan for an activity every other week and my most recent activity was with "funny shaped" crayons.
To make the crayons into new shapes:
1.) Remove the label-Easiest way is by soaking them in ICE cold water for 30 seconds to a minute then pull off the label.
2.) Melt the crayons in an oven no higher than 225 degrees (Wax is VERY flammable!). - Best way is in old cans and bend them so you have an easy pour spout.
3.) Once melted pour into candy molds or small muffin tins or any form you wish.
4.) Allow to cool and solidify for at least half an hour before removing. - To speed up the process put the molds in the freezer.
So, this blog will keep all of you updated on all the fun activities and things going on in my life. I hope all is well with each of you and I'll leave you with this scripture for the day....
"One of the criminals hanging alongside cursed him: 'Some Messiah you are! Save yourself! Save us!' But the other one made him shut up: 'Have you no fear of God? You're getting the same as him. We deserve this, but not him-he did nothing to deserve this.' Then he said, 'Jesus, remember me when you enter your kingdom.' Jesus replied, 'Don't worry, I will. Today you will join me in paradise.'" -Luke 23:40-42
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