CTR 4 (Choose the Right)

Sunday, Jan. 8, 2012


Since I'm staying with my Sunbeam class, I'm now Jasper's CTR 4 Primary Teacher.

He is SO EXCITED to be a CTR 4.  He thinks it sounds so grown up.

Whenever he gets dressed now he proudly reads the "4T" label on his pants and shirts and says, "Mom, this says "4T" because I'm a CTR 4."

In class today we made necklaces with CTR on them and talked about how we can choose the right.

If the project involves coloring, cutting, gluing, pasting, and taping -- my class is in heaven.

One of the questions the manual said to ask is "What do you do when your mom or dad asks you to help out and do a chore?"

Before asking my class this question, I asked them, "What are some chores that your mom and dad ask you to do?"  Thinking this would help them give a more realistic answer to the question the lesson manual suggests.

One girl piped up that her chore is to get her mom a soda pop when her mom needs it.  I just smiled.

Someone else offered up that her mom instructed them "We CAN do laundry", but she told her mom that the only chore they know how to do is to get their dad a can of Coke when he needs it.

At this point I am trying not to bust out laughing.  So I say, "Would you like to know what chores Jasper does?"  Thinking this will get us off the soda stories and back on point.

I said, "If we need a new trash liner, Jasper gets them out from the cabinets under the sink and shakes it out and puts it in the trash cans; in the kitchen and the bathrooms."

They all sat there with wide eyes; stunned.  Then little Addison burst out into spontaneous clapping for Jasper, and the rest followed suit.  They were both amazed and impressed.

Jasper was thrilled to receive such accolades and my class was mesmerized. so I went on.

"Jasper also carries the entire laundry basket downstairs to the laundry room.  Sometimes he gets the darks and sometimes he brings the whites.  Then he helps me put the laundry soap in and pushes the buttons to start the washing machine." Again, more clapping.

And since I was on a roll, I told them when Jasper takes his shower he also sprays the glass shower door with a vinegar cleaning solution, scrubs it down and then pours a small bucket of water on the door to rinse everything away.

At this point the class erupts in clapping again.  Jasper is feeling great.  And I'm feeling like a chore freak, especially compared to the soda stories.

So I decide to leave out Jasper's vacuuming, including plugging the vacuum back into charge and changing out the attachments.

Jasper left feeling like a star, even though one of his classmates told him and the rest of the class that, "You guys are just doing scribble scrabble.  That's not coloring", when working on their CTR necklaces.  She is a coloring prodigy child and she really is good.  Don't worry, she's working on being a little less harsh on the other "less gifted" kids in class.

I am SO HAPPY to be Jasper's CTR 4 teacher this year!

2012 -- CTR 4 Class Beginning of the Year Photo

I'm basically the luckiest Primary teacher around.  I looped up with my Sunbeams, and now I'm the CTR 4 Primary Teacher. 

Madi moved to Alaska, Brayden moved to Arizona and we added Garrett to our class.

Jasper is in my class for the 2nd year in a row.  When he was in the Nursery class Mike was his teacher.  So he has always had a parent for a Primary teacher.  We certainly didn't plan it that way, but that's just how it's happened.

Here's our CTR 4 class beginning of the year photo.  I like to take a picture at the first of the year.  I think it's fun to compare it to how much everyone has grown at the end of the year.

I'm really looking forward to a great year teaching these kids in Primary.

 Me with my 2011  CTR 4 Class

(L to R: Jasper, Reagan, Savanna, Cadence, Simone, Addison, Garrett and Bridger)

2011 Sunbeam Class Photos -- Beginning and End of the Year

Last year I started a new tradition with my Primary class to take a class photo at the beginning and end of the year.  I also made a class photo list

I love to see how much the kids have grown each year, especially at this young age.

As an adult, I would LOVE to look back at a class photo from each of my years in Primary. 

You think you're going to remember everyone and everything...but it's all fuzzy.  I just remember bits and pieces.  Like when Richard Yardley threw my shoe out the 2nd story window when we were in CTR 11.  Or was it his twin Ronald?  I told you, it's all fuzzy.

So here's my little class that I love!

 Sunbeam Class -- January 2011

 Sunbeam Class -- December 2011

 Sunbeam Class with me-- January 2011

 Sunbeam Class with me-- December 2011

 

 

 Sunbeam Class with me-- January 2011

 

 Sunbeam Class -- January 2011

 

End of the Year 2011 Sunbeam Class Photo

(L to R - Simone, Cadence, Madi, Reagan, Savanna, Bridger and Jasper.  Missing: Addison and Brayden, who moved a few months ago).

Dec. 18, 2011

In 2011 I had the opportunity to teach one of the Sunbeam classes in the Eldorado Pass Ward.

I was lucky enough to have a class of Jasper's friends that I love dearly.


In January 2011 we started out with three classes of Sunbeams -- a total of 20 three year old's.  A few months into the year one of the three Sunbeam teachers left, and they were never replaced.  At that point I had a few more kids added to my class and definitely had my hands full.

Here's our end of year class photos from 2011.