I walk into the classroom, lanyard around my neck

I brace myself, cover my ears, the rooms already wrecked.

Tiny little bodies only three and four years old

Run around, tossing things, acting very bold.

Circle time is like herding cats, first weeks are a strain

Learning about our kiddos can really test our brains.

I see a little boy who is sitting by himself

I grab a dinosaur puzzle for him, I take it off a shelf.

We work on words like big and loud, finally he laughs.

I pretend a dinosaur is just a big and scaled giraffe.

I coax him to use words as we work at the little table

I mostly want to see where he is at, make him feel stable.

We sing and dance, use silly tones to help our kiddos through

Working with such special needs, well, that’s just what we do.