You Know When

You Know You are a Preschool Special Education Teacher When:

* You hear a child gagging and instantly reach out to try to catch it without thinking.
* Your class list consists of batteries, Purell, baby wipes, Clorox wipes, Kleenex, one notebook, diapers, and goldfish crackers.
* You carry the school menu on your clothing.
* You ask the children to come to the table for lunch and get no response, but you gently shake a box of goldfish crackers or bag of popcorn and they trip over each other to get to the table.
* You forget that it is normal for three and four year olds to talk...a lot.
* You have the following conversation
Teacher: I think that little girl is throwing up!
You: Her? Um (quick look) Oh, nope. She's just having a seizure. She'll be fine in a minute.
* You could probably make anything out of glue, paper bags, craft sticks, contruction paper, and paint.
* You know where every fire alarm is in the entire school building.
* You least favorite words include "all school assembly", "fire drill", and "he is on antibiotics so he should be fine".
* You can change eight diapers in under fifteen minutes, including time to change gloves and wash hands.
* Your bedtime is probably earlier than the kids you teach.