Teaching // Year 1

I can't believe my first year as a teacher is over! I have been blessed to get to know 36 of the most precious 4 year olds ever. I completed my internship at Mt. Hope in a PreK classroom as the auxillary teacher. These babies absolutely stole my heart. They never failed to make me laugh every single day with the funny things they said and did.

After Christmas and graduation, I moved to East Lawrence to a different PreK classroom. I'm not going to lie, it broke my heart to leave my Mt. Hope babies. Luckily my good friend Rachel took over that class so I still got to see pictures. But I had 18 new, smiling faces that welcomed me with tight, loving hugs. I was told every day, "Thank you Ms. Mallory for wearing that beautiful dress.", and don't you know that made my day. These babies were so sweet and loving. They always fought over who was going to hold my hand or sit by me at lunch or hold my lunch box walking down the hallway.

Our end of the year program was SO CUTE! All of these babies dressed up and were Hollywood Stars. They sang, they danced, and they received their awards. It was such a bittersweet day. They did so good and made me so proud!

Each and every one of these sweet kiddos will forever hold a special place in my heart. I am so thankful that I was blessed with the opportunity to be their teacher and to see them grow over the time that I spent with them.