Top Ten New Year’s Resoultions Modified for Early Childhood Teachers

10. Spend More Time with Family – The children in your classroom ARE family. Between school and home, teachers are with family all the time.

9. Fall In Love – Caregivers do that with every new child that enters their classroom.

8. Helping Others with Their Dreams – A real perk when teaching young children.

7. Quit Bad Habits – Who has time for bad habits between spending all day caring for children, then going home and raising a family, doing housework, homework, etc.?

6. Learn Something Exciting – Preschoolers teach you something new and exciting every day!

5. Stay Fit & Healthy – Running around with a roomful of children keeps teachers fit!

4. Enjoy Life to the Fullest – Aren’t I doing that already?

3. Spend Less, Save More – Teachers always seem to be spending their own money on preschool supplies for their classroom. Well, that probably won’t change!

2. Getting Organized – Lesson plans, writing documentation, doing assessment, making sure Olivia isn’t around peanuts, keeping Ronald inside because he as a cold, …

1. Lose Weight – Most teachers lose about 400 pounds a day when the children go home!