This week I am substituting at the preschool extended day program...and they are FUNNY.
Scene: Outside on the playground.
Preschooler O: I am four.
Me: A long time ago I was four.
Preschooler O: Are you five now?
Me: I'm a grownup now.
Preschooler O: My mommy said when I grow up I'll be a mommy too.
Me: That won't be for a long time.
Preschooler O: Yeah. I'm going to kindergarten then I'll be a mommy.
Scene: Eating (baked) Cheetos for snack.
Me: These are Cheetos. They are made with cheese.
Preschooler H: AND TOES! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
Me: Haha...that is clever.
Preschooler H: AND TOES! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. TOES! (This kid lost his mind.)
Showing posts with label convos with children. Show all posts
Showing posts with label convos with children. Show all posts
Thursday, October 17, 2013
Wednesday, October 9, 2013
Conversations with Children: Preschool Edition
Scene: Lunchtime with preschoolers.
Preschooler A: Why do they have that lunch (i.e. school lunch)?
Miss M: Because some kids bring lunch from home and some kids buy lunch from the school cafeteria.
Preschooler S: I want that lunch.
Miss M: Well it's up to your moms and dads. They decide what you have for lunch.
Preschooler H: AND JESUS.
Miss M: side eye to me Um...really just your mom and dad choose your lunch.
Preschooler H: Yep. And Jesus. He made the trees and the camels and lunch.
Miss M: Take another bite Preschooler H.
Preschooler A: Why do they have that lunch (i.e. school lunch)?
Miss M: Because some kids bring lunch from home and some kids buy lunch from the school cafeteria.
Preschooler S: I want that lunch.
Miss M: Well it's up to your moms and dads. They decide what you have for lunch.
Preschooler H: AND JESUS.
Miss M: side eye to me Um...really just your mom and dad choose your lunch.
Preschooler H: Yep. And Jesus. He made the trees and the camels and lunch.
Miss M: Take another bite Preschooler H.
Friday, September 27, 2013
School Picture Day
8:15 am - I arrive at work 5 minutes too late and miss the staff photo. Oops.
8:35 am - This happens:
8:35 am - This happens:
8:37 am - I turn my shirt backwards and pull at the high neckline all day.
8:50 am - The following conversation takes place in 4th grade:
Student A: Miss C. What are you drinking? It looks gross.
Me: Why would you say that my drink looks gross while I'm drinking it?
Student A: It's just a weird, brown color.
Student M: Is it tea?
Student K: No, it's probably coffee.
Student A: What is it?
Me: You said it was gross so you don't get to know.
Student A: No really...what is it?
Me: I'll never tell.
11:00 am - I get my picture taken, backwards shirt and all.
12:45 pm - The following conversation takes place in preschool:
Student E: Miss C your hair looks pretty today. (I wore it down, straightened today which I never do.)
Me: Thanks.
Student H: What did you to do your hair? It looks weird.
Student W: You should fix it.
Student K: Yeah. Make it a pony tail.
1:00 pm - A kid spits his toothpaste on my hand during teeth brushing time.
3:00 pm - I get to go home!
Thursday, September 19, 2013
Conversations with Children: Vocabulary Edition
Scene: MTSS group, introducing the book Chocolate Fever.
Me: What does fever mean?
Student J: It's when you're sick...like you have a temperature and you throw up.
Student R: I think Henry is going to get chocolate chicken pox and when he grows up he'll get chocolate shingles.
Me: You've been watching too many commercials.
Student A: What are shingles?
Student R: Old people get them and they hurt.
Me: Okay...how else can you use the word fever?
Student S: It's like if you go crazy.
Me: Yes. Fever can mean a frenzy...like Bieber Fever.
Student M: Eww. I hate Justin Bieber.
Me: Okay, One Direction Fever then, it just doesn't rhyme as well.
Me: What does fever mean?
Student J: It's when you're sick...like you have a temperature and you throw up.
Student R: I think Henry is going to get chocolate chicken pox and when he grows up he'll get chocolate shingles.
Me: You've been watching too many commercials.
Student A: What are shingles?
Student R: Old people get them and they hurt.
Me: Okay...how else can you use the word fever?
Student S: It's like if you go crazy.
Me: Yes. Fever can mean a frenzy...like Bieber Fever.
Student M: Eww. I hate Justin Bieber.
Me: Okay, One Direction Fever then, it just doesn't rhyme as well.
Wednesday, August 28, 2013
Conversations with Children: Hump Day Edition
Scene: Coming back from lunch...and probably every single Wednesday.
Student D: Miss C! Guess what day it is??
Me: August 28.
Student D: NO! Guess what day it is??
Me: It's Wednesday.
Student D: It's Hump Day.
Student R: (from across the room) Woop! Woop!
Student T: HUMP DAY!
Me: Face palm.
Student D: Miss C! Guess what day it is??
Me: August 28.
Student D: NO! Guess what day it is??
Me: It's Wednesday.
Student D: It's Hump Day.
Student R: (from across the room) Woop! Woop!
Student T: HUMP DAY!
Me: Face palm.
Thursday, January 17, 2013
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.
Me: Who is the trickster in our story?
Student J: The spider.
Student A: Miss C...can I touch your hair?
Me: Um, no.
Thursday, December 20, 2012
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...
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:
Student A: Miss C, what's your favorite color today?
And all I can think is:
____________________________
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?
Thursday, November 29, 2012
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.
Student A: I know. My brother sprayed it on me and I didn't have time to take a bath.
Sunday, November 11, 2012
Conversations with Children: Part 19
Scene: End of the day...trying to shuffle all of the kids out of the room to the busses.
Librarian: (to me) Amy, Student A is still here.
Me: Student A! Let's go.
Student A: Your name is Amy?
Me: Yes.
Student A: I thought your name was Miss C?
Me: That is my teacher name. Kids call me Miss C. Grownups call me Amy.
Student A: But I don't want to call you Amy. I want to call you Miss C.
Me: Well it's a good thing you are only 8 then. Now go get on the bus.
Librarian: (to me) Amy, Student A is still here.
Me: Student A! Let's go.
Student A: Your name is Amy?
Me: Yes.
Student A: I thought your name was Miss C?
Me: That is my teacher name. Kids call me Miss C. Grownups call me Amy.
Student A: But I don't want to call you Amy. I want to call you Miss C.
Me: Well it's a good thing you are only 8 then. Now go get on the bus.
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Conversations with Children: Part 2
Scene: Student K is reading about Colonial America during my RTI group.
Student K: Miss C, how did they have babies if there were no hospitals?
Me: They had their babies at home.
Student K: Miss C, did you know that some people have babies in water?
Me: Yes.
Student A: Why would people have babies in water?
Me: blink blink
Student A: Is it because they are water spirits?
Me: Yes.
Student K: Miss C, how did they have babies if there were no hospitals?
Me: They had their babies at home.
Student K: Miss C, did you know that some people have babies in water?
Me: Yes.
Student A: Why would people have babies in water?
Me: blink blink
Student A: Is it because they are water spirits?
Me: Yes.
Monday, September 17, 2012
Conversations With Children
Today:
Student A: Miss C! Why don't you have a diamond ring like Mrs. T?
Me: Because I'm not married.
Student A: When you get one make sure you show me.
A few hours later...
Student E: Miss C! Are you married?
Me: No.
Student E: Are you still a teenager?
Me: No.
Student E: Then why aren't you married?*
Sigh.
Then I came home and discovered this website: My Friends Are Married which made me feel somewhat better about my single status.
But then I was reading blogs and someone posted that their doctor told them that fertility rapidly declines after age 30. Well shit. Better pull my life together quickly.
AND THEN...I read Thought Catalog's 32 Things You Should Stop Caring About and #13 assures me I can stop caring about "whether people you know are getting married, having children, or making big life changes when it hasn't happened to you yet." So there's that.
* You just have to love the honesty of children.
Student A: Miss C! Why don't you have a diamond ring like Mrs. T?
Me: Because I'm not married.
Student A: When you get one make sure you show me.
A few hours later...
Student E: Miss C! Are you married?
Me: No.
Student E: Are you still a teenager?
Me: No.
Student E: Then why aren't you married?*
Sigh.
Then I came home and discovered this website: My Friends Are Married which made me feel somewhat better about my single status.
But then I was reading blogs and someone posted that their doctor told them that fertility rapidly declines after age 30. Well shit. Better pull my life together quickly.
AND THEN...I read Thought Catalog's 32 Things You Should Stop Caring About and #13 assures me I can stop caring about "whether people you know are getting married, having children, or making big life changes when it hasn't happened to you yet." So there's that.
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