Kids at the lunch table (they sing this whenever they see me, except they use a shortened form of my last name): Cha cha cha cha Teacher! Cha cha cha cha Teacher!
Nicholas: Cha cha cha cha underwear!
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Carter (singing): I think I’m in looooooove. I think I’m in loooooooove.
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Webb: Teacher, will you open my string cheese? [...]
Webb: Teacher, guess what I saw on TV yesterday?!?!?!
me: What?
Webb: I was watching this thing, and a dude was pregnant!!!
me: Um, a “dude” was pregnant…?
Webb: Yeah, it was gross!!!
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Caitlin: Teacher, I don’t feel good.
me: I’m sorry, can you tell me what part of your body doesn’t feel good?
Caitlin: My booty hurts.
P.S. Thank you for all [...]
Priscilla: Teacher, will you help me make a picture?
Me: Okay.
Priscilla: I want to make a scary picture but I don’t know how to draw anything scary.
Me: Well let’s just try to start something. What would you like to draw?
Priscilla: A skeleton but I don’t know how. Look, I messed it up. People won’t even know [...]
At lunch, Anna turns around in her seat and calls out to Zora…
Anna: Here, Zora, I made you a book!
Zora: I thought you made that for Webb for his birthday.
Anna: I did but he didn’t want it.
Zora: Oh, ok!
Darla: Anna, you’re gonna make me a book too, right??
Anna: No.
(Darla looks at Zora blankly)
Zora: We discussed [...]
Never teach a kindergartner about pimples. After explaining what a pimple is and how people get them, I had to spend the rest of the day trying to get the children to stop chanting “Grow a pimple, grow a pimple!” and explain to them that pimples are not voluntarily “grown” along with the fact that [...]
At lunch time…the children love to “vote” on things…
Scott: Raise your hand if you want to pick up the whole world and balance it on one fingernail!
Priscilla: Raise your hand if you want to knock the whole school down with one fingernail! And then put Cheetos on top of it!
Scott: Raise your hand if you [...]
After rest time…
Carter: Teacher, will you please tie my shoes for me?
Me: I would love to tie your shoes for you, Carter.
(Carter waits patiently while I tie his shoes)
Me: There you go!
Carter: Wasn’t that nice? I didn’t pout or anything!
Me: Wow, you didn’t did you? You should do that for me every day.
Later, Carter’s job [...]
Anna and Leon’s Story
Me: *enter classroom*
Priscilla: I think I’m falling in love with Leon.
Me: Oh, um, that’s great…
Priscilla: But Anna is falling in love with him too.
Later at lunch…
Zora: Ewww, Leon and Anna kissed today!!!
Me: *turning to Leon* Oh, is that true? Did you and Anna kiss [...]
Hello and welcome to my blog! I will be using this space to write about the hilarious, incredible and strange things that the kindergartners in my classroom say and do. My identity and the location where I work remain anonymous because I’m sure these daily occurrences are similar to the experiences of kindergarten teachers and [...]
Every day my kindergartners say and do things that never cease to surprise me...and they're too good not to share! Expect these posts to be filled with drama (lots and lots of drama), sweetness, grossness and frankness. Enjoy :)
