Overnight Bag!

Everyday, one of the preschool kids takes home the overnight bag where they hang out with the stuffed animal in there, read the book and journal about what they did with the bag. Each day, Mr. P. picks a new friend by having them put their heads down on the carpet and hide their eyes. He walks around with a clothespin and clips it on them somewhere. Then prompts them to look for the pin.

Mr. P.: Check your shoulders
: Check your knees
Eden: Check your nipples, if you have them.


What?!?!?! Eden, you are 3 1/2.

What starts with "S"?

When asking the students what are some words that start with the letter "S"?

Eden: Sex
Elliot: Sexy
Teacher: ok, let's think of some better words...

Chicken in a Biscuit

From the School Psychologist:

"I mean, my mom will come downstairs and I'll be sittin' on the couch, playin' the Wii and eatin' Chicken in a Biscuit...ya know, I'm mean when it comes to Chicken in a Biscuit"
- fourth grader

What?!

Long E

We just finished the poem where we work on phonemic awareness, and rhyming. One of the students looks at me after the last line: I'm me.

G: I'm Meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee (15 sec)
G: Is that a long "E"?

Yes, in your description, that is a long E. But, not technically.

Africa?

In my kindergarten classroom, the teacher has a new nephew adopted from Africa. She was explaining it to the students. Here is a question one of them asked...

"Is he Af.., tropical? Does he hunt tigers? Does he live in a tiki hut?"

yes, yes he does. Tropical, hunts tigers and bears, and has a mansion of a tiki hut in AFRICA.

A Little Parent Action

So normally, I would only write down funny things kids say, and currently, my kindergartners are not that funny, so I am adding this in.

My friend Alison is a school psychologist...Here is her story:

while continuing an evaluation after a threat to be sued by a so-called father for "suggesting medication for ADHD" (did not), i reviewed his daughter's school entrance form... my favorite part:

Language spoken in the Home: "American"

I am American, and I speak English, and some really crappy Spanish, but not American. What do you speak? Did I miss the boat on a great language?

No means No

This was outside of the classroom...my other job, babysitting. I have now acquired this really great family. They have 2 kids, a little girl who is 6 and a little boy who is 2 1/2. I was babysitting them the other night, and we were playing with paper dolls. Henry was dressing them up and he told me to choose which doll I wanted...

Henry: Pick one (he holds two of them)
Me: That one
Henry: Take this one (the opposite of the one I picked)
Me: No, I want the other one
Henry: YES
Me: NO
Henry: YES
Me: NO
Henry: (frustrated) Don't say no to me!

Oh Lawd, can this 2 1/2 yr old dictate what I play with?