Obsessive Jump-roping

I now teach 1st grade...
    And with that comes an additional skill,
           the new and improved skill of
 
    JUMP-ROPING!

And man, these kids are good!
    Made even more clear when
 Miss-I-Will-Help-Whenever-You-Need
      decided that since our recess jump rope is missing
We must
            Must
                  MUST
      be creative and make a new one.

The logical answer to this predicament:

     1.  Untie your shoes

     2.  Unlace both shoes

     3.  Tie your shoe laces together

     4.  JUMP!!!!

Oh shoot....we forgot that when we take our shoe laces out
       Our shoes just won't stay on...

Bummer dude....

Tomorrow...

another plan to fix this problem!

Temptation

This week we have been learning about Jesus being tempted by the devil...very important to understand this story!

My students have been
         OBSESSED
    with the word temptation.

Some awesome quotes include:

"The devil came into my heart
         and tempted me to hit A-Couple-Other-Colors,
    I swear, I didn't want to do it."

"The devil came into my heart
       and made me say mean words to my parents."

Clearly we are viewing temptation more as
           demon possession.
    But for a preschool understanding,
             we'll take it.

Well you can understand the laughter that ensued with this quote:

"Miss Crazy Young Preschool Teacher,
        the devil came into my heart,
             and told me to mess up my house.
      And I didn't even hear him say it,
               but I did it anyways."

Well....there ya go.

Rhyming Troubles

As preschoolers,
    we are always SO PROUD of ourselves
           when we finally figure out rhyming.

As a teacher, it is my job to encourage rhyming
        even if they are using nonsense words.

So today,
            as we were rhyming
                             in the BATHROOM
      I was excited to hear things like

"Davy, lavy."

Or

"Miss, Liss"

It was a great teacher moment,
        until we had a rhyming mishap
   the kind of mishap where we THINK
           we are using a nonsense word,
                      but not quite.

"Glasses, Asses."

Whoop...there it is.
     The moment that I as a teacher,
Had to control the laughter.

It's Just NOT Ready

Gotta love preschool conversations...

Especially BATHROOM preschool conversations.

This week I had one very epic bathroom preschool conversation.

A-Couple-Other-Colors was in the bathroom, clearly pooping...
        why do I say clearly...
                cuz the grunting was loud enough to be uncomfortable
         for everyone, including all other boys in the bathroom.

Well, believe me, was I ever SHOCKED
     when A-Couple-Other-Colors screams

                 I mean screams

     from the stall.
"Miss Crazy Young Preschool Teacher, it won't come out."

Now under my job description are things like loving, caring, patient, teacher,
   nowhere does it say, pooping explanations necessary.

Well, no matter, it needed to happen.

So I began,
          "A-Couple-Other-Colors, sometimes
        its just not ready to come out
                and if you keep trying
          your tummy will just get hurt.
                So sometimes you just have to stop trying,
 and when it's ready, it will come out."

Needless to say, my advice was okay,
      because he came out of the stall
          after wiping of course
      and did NOT have an accident.

Apparently,
    it was just not ready to come out.

Vacation

I know, it's been awhile since I wrote,

But you have to understand....I need a vacation,
        so my brain really hasn't functioned properly....for...
                  approximately 3 weeks.

And before that, there wasn't anything horribly worth sharing.

But now, since I need a vacation, it appears
              my whole class
Is taking them and leaving me here in the now muddy state
        where we can't go outside to play
                    and must remain inside these small 4 walls.

Two students have now gone to Disney World in the last 3 weeks.

Well, you can imagine the jealousy this has spawned.

All other students are suddenly "going on bay-cation."

Well one little student, realllllly,  I mean
            REALLY
    wants me to go with his family.

Through the year he has invited me many places, but when I got the email
           Stating they were going to the Caribbean in November,
     I had to inform his mother that in fact, A-Couple-Other-Colors had invited me
               on every other vacation
And THIS was the vacation I had decided to join them for.

Obviously, I was just kidding, and Mom found it funny
   that A-Couple-Other-Colors was so generous in offering me vacations.

Well she must have talked to him, because now he believes I am going with him.

And also, he constantly wants to know if I have been to Myrtle Beach, Minnesota...
        apparently I grew up in the wrong part of Minnesota..
    Where was the beach when I was younger?!

Oh well, Have a good time A-Couple-Other-Colors!  We will see you
          Of course you will be tan while the rest of us
                   match the snow in color!

Your Body's Mouth...

In the Midwest, all things are
         hot
                 Hot
                         HOT
throughout the summer, so when school starts
      you expect children are just used to sweating.

Apparently, for Missing the K Sound,
      sweat is a foreign occurrence.

This was made clear when he came
             RUNNING to me
     in a panic...

"Miss Crazy Young Preschool Teacher,
     my hair is wet!!!!"
           How did that happen?!?!

Well, silly me, I explained it in a way I
               THOUGHT
       he would understand.

"Well, Missing the K Sound, that's sweat.
        Your body is telling you that you are hot.
     Why don't you sit in the shade and cool down?"

What came next was too brilliant for words.

"Miss Crazy Young Preschool Teacher,
       my body can't tell me anything,

MY BODY DOESN'T HAVE A MOUTH."

I could end the story there and definitely get a great laugh,

but it gets better.

Because I, the smart one that I am,
    decided to try and talk him through this one.

"Missing the K Sound, what's this?"
             while pointing at my mouth.

"Your mouth."

"Yes, and that's on your body,
          so your body does have a mouth."

"No, Miss Crazy Young Preschool Teacher,
      your mouth is on your face,
                   NOT
              your body....silly!!!"

No words could escape my mouth
     because if I opened my mouth, the laughter
          would have escaped.

2 Fire Drills

Well,
       officially
                      SCHOOL STARTED!!!!

And like any new year,
             It's difficult to remember these students are closer to 3
                             than 4
       And therefore, can't quite do all my now

                                         KINDERGARTNERS

                can do, which was very clear when we had
Not one
                No sir, one is too easy
        No sir, we are too smart for one,
We need two!!!
                                    Yes two!

Fire drills in our first week of school.


And let the craziness ensue.

We managed to get out of the door in a straight line,
      but once out the door we needed to form a
           big team huddle
Therefore
     blocking everyone else from getting out the door.

Once the traffic jam was cleared, we were on our way again.

We made it to the line we stand on during fire drills
         and began the long wait.
The wait where all fears come out,
      The wait where we think the most dreadful thing
Just MIGHT be happening in the building
         where the pretend fire is burning.

"IS MY LUNCHBOX BURNING?!"

(Not the lunch...the lunchBOX)

We survived the first, but then the second came.

We were napping.

                                           THIS drill was not planned.

All of our shoes were off,
     many of us were asleep.

            Quite the wake-up...
"Get up, we have to go outside for a fire drill."

We made it, with the help of many other teachers...
                But seriously?!

If this is any sign of our year,
         Let the
CRAZINESS ensue.