Who would have thought that my kindergarteners could teach me something?

I have a close relationship with the teacher and students I worked with for my field experiences. I had the pleasure of working with them all of the fall semester and continuing on this semester. My lense changed when I got assigned field experiences for this class. In the past, I go into the classroom and help where ever is needed and the times I go each week varied slightly so that I could see lots of different aspects of the student's day. Field experiences for this course required me to observe during literacy block, which I have seen a lot of times in this classroom, but I never took a step back to examine what the real goals and objectives were. The requirements of my observations helped me to be more critical of and take another look at the methods of teaching literacy in this classroom. I don't think I would have gotten nearly as much out of the course material without having experienced what I experienced in the field. It seemed like everything I observed had tons of connections to a reading, discussion, or lecture that we have had. I can't imagine this class without a field component. How can I teach someone to read and write as a first year teacher if I haven't seen how its done first hand. Not only did Mrs. M teach me alot about literacy and how to teach language arts, but her precious students as well helped to show me the dos and don'ts of a newby teacher. I have them to thank for this awesome experience!