SUCCESS! We have broken their little wills.

Naptime, when I arrived, consisted of all of the children in a room specially for napping. In that room there was a television, and sometimes videos were shown. Also in the room was an exercise mat in that Kindergarten sleep mat style. There was approximately .75 mat per child. I do believe each child had a pillow, however. Now, the events of naptime went somewhat like this... all of the children horizontal for approximately 4 minutes, or until the teacher walked away from the window of the nap room (whichever came first). At that time, nap mats and pillows were used as weapons and wraps for human burritos.

We got enough mats for everyone, then we moved the naptime festivities into the classroom so it could be monitored properly. It was a struggle getting the little muppets to understand the simple commands "Stay on your mat," "Lie still," and "Be quiet." For a few weeks naptime, even in the classroom, looked a little like this:


Finally, today, a beautiful thing happened. There were six kids in class. Six kids went to sleep. On a Monday. A MONDAY, I said. A day when they usually only have one volume and one speed: scream and run. I would say it was a miracle if that didn't take most of the credit away from Denise and I. And right now, I'm enjoying feeling like we are GODDESS TEACHERS!