Conversations with Children

Scene: Reading group on the rug.

Me: Who is the trickster in our story?
Student J: The spider.
Student A: Miss C...can I touch your hair?
Me: Um, no.

Conversations with Children: End of the World Edition

Scene: Today during calendar

Miss C: And what is tomorrow?
Student N: Tomorrow is Friday, December 21, 2012.
Student D: Tomorrow is the end of the year.
Miss C: Well, it's the last day of school this year.
Student D: No. I mean it's the end of the world!
Student A: What?
Student K: The world is going to explode tomorrow.
Miss C: The world is not going to end. What do we do when the calendar ends?
Student J: Get a new one.
Miss C: Exactly. The Mayans didn't know to get a new calendar.


Later in the day...

Student D: The world is going to end!
Student K: I'm not going to do my homework because the world is going to end.
Miss C: It is already December 21st in Australia and the world didn't end.
Student D: Oh.
Student K: How is it already tomorrow in Australia?
Miss C: Well, there are things called time zones...

Conversations with Children: Favorite Colors and Puppies

Scene: Every single morning

Student A: Miss C, what's your favorite color today?

And all I can think is:

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Scene: This morning

Student K: Miss C! I'm pending!

Miss C: What?

Student K: Pending!

Miss C: Pending on what?

Student K: A dog.

Miss C: Um...okay.

Student K: We have to meet it first to see its personality.

Miss C: That's exciting.

Student K: Want to see a picture?

Conversations with Children: Cologne Edition

Miss C: You smell like cologne today.

Student A: I know. My brother sprayed it on me and I didn't have time to take a bath.