Kindergarten grounds you! La franchise des petits en maternelle.

Two glorious days spent with five year olds, were made memorable by the following:

Emma -Madame, I found this cube on the floor.
Me - You can put it on my desk.
Emma - That's not your desk. That's Ms. M's desk!

During our Body Break dance exercise, one tiny, little girl crossed her arms during the entire routine. When I asked her why she didn't participate, she replied "It's annoying".

At recess they were going outside and it was bitterly cold. I told the wee ones they could eat their snack in the warmth of the classroom when they came back in.  One bright little one chimed, "We don't do that. Ms. M says that is a waste of classroom instructional time!"

I continued laughing with my next assignment, Grade 5 French Immersion.  These are ten year olds. I had chosen one to captain a team, and choose his batter line-up to play a game of baseball, not literally, but in the classroom, as a kind of spelling bee by another name.  He was having a hard time getting his batters up, and as time was precious, I asked him, nicely, to get his batters organized.  A member of his team said, with such wisdom, "'Madame, you have to understand. David operates in another dimension!"