Little Bo Peep and Make Way for Ducklings

One of the hardest things to do the first week of kindergarten is to teach a classroom full of kids how to walk in line with some semblance of order. I try all the tricks, a hair stare line, a lollipop line, hips and lips, I model, model, model! Sometimes they catch on quickly, sometimes they don't. I'm thinking this is a "don't" year. I have a class of wanderers. 

Today we had a fire drill where walking in line is really really important. The trick is  to keep them together and quiet, while trying to reassure them that it's only noise and not a real fire. One little girl yelled, "we're all going to die!" Try to calm THAT down and not laugh at the same time.

I could have used a few of these for my little lambs...

It's going to take some work, some practice and some serious diligence and patience on my part, but I am confident and determined that I will go from this..

To this...