A Child's Perception

This is a picture of an illustration one of my students drew for me, my first year in teaching. The task was to draw one of your favorite things in the world, and this particular student decided to depict me. I was so flattered, at the concept that she would draw me that I have kept it to this very day. I choose this illustration because it shows the admiration and regard that students have for their teachers. I also, chose this for the spelling error and for the humor of it. In the process of learning phonics and phonemic awareness, children often make this mistake by writing words as they sound.  This picture always makes me laugh, and often is a reminder of how the young mind works, when it comes to learning how to read and write.