Being in a Kindergarten class MAKES my day, TOTALLY!
As it happens, I have been in Kindergarten classes quite a bit lately, and that age is a treasure trove for one-liners, questions, remarks and ponderings that never cease to brighten my day!
"I live in this class!" one exclaimed excitedly to another child across the hall.
I was about to read a story to a K class, but first I read them the blurb on the back cover, by way of piquing their curiousity about the book. When I asked if they knew why the author would write a little bit about the story, on the back cover, one super bright little one answered, "So you don't have to open the book?"
"How many are you in this class?" I said, actually really just thinking out loud. One little good listener immediately replied, and with great certainty, "Twenty-five to a hundred!"
Jackson replies "I don't know." to EVERY question you ask him. When I asked him why he always replied that way, since I knew he was a smart young fellow, he replied, "I REALLY don't know nothing."
Liam, waiting in line to go to the cafeteria, informs me "Hunter is ANNOYING us!"
"Madame, when are we going to the Book Fairy?" (She meant the Book Fair.)
What is the date today? One reply? November Two Zero.
"Why is your snowsuit ALL wet?" "Because I was pwaying in the snow with the BIG kids!"
After greeting the children as they came in the morning, and giving them my name, one looked up at me with a quizzical look, "Your name is Madame Cookie?" (Close enough!)
I ruffled one little boy's hair in passing. He looked up at me in indignation and exclaimed, "Don't mess with my hair! I just got it done!
Finally, this response to a question, really left me totally GOBSMACKED! One little busy boy wasn't being respectful during the playing of O'Canada, despite repeated admonishments to do so. I slipped behind him, and whispered in his ear, "How would you like it if I sent a note home in your agenda, telling Mommy and Daddy that you aren't making good choices in class? "My Daddy's in jail! was the prompt response, as he scampered away. I must admit, I was NOT expecting that answer.
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