A special child......

SUNSET
The sun slowly fades away
Getting ready for the next day
Down below you can see
A festival filled with glee
Native Americans chanting and singing
Along with their turtle shell bells ringing
Painted faces and colorful clothes
Even the girls wearing feather bows....

Then you look up and you can see
A cowboy as happy as can be
A brown cowboy hat and black shiny boots
This cowboy isn't looking for any loots
He gazes at the sunset fading away
Getting ready for the next day.......

-By Janeli Chavira.

This poem was written by my 11 year old daughter. She is very talented and posseses extraordinary writting skills. Janeli has touched my heart in many ways because she is a very thoughtful little person. She is very mature for her age and is always putting people's needs first. Janeli is patient and understanding when situations arise. She is very structured in her schoolwork and very detail oriented. At the top, you can see the picture that she drew to accompany her poem. She was only asked by her teacher to draw a picture and she decided to write a poem to explain her picture. This child always likes to excel and go the extra mile. As a mother, I try to reinforce that and teach her new ways to learn. I tell her that knowledge is a treasure no one can steal from you and no matter where you are it will come in handy. As teachers, we must advocate knowledge in children so that they grow up socially strong. By being socially strong they will be emotionally secure and a better future will await them. As parents, we should view ourselves as the most important teacher our children will ever have.