Yet Another List....

 Of kindergartenish information. Which is weird, because I rarely use lists in my real life.  But I like them on  my blog....Anyway, here's more stuff you may not know...

• While you’re reading a story, the kids on the front row will stick their fingers in the holes of your Crocs. 
•  On a somewhat related note, they are absolutely fascinated by any kind of lipstick, jewelry or nail polish. Boy and girls equally. If you paint your toenails and wear flip flops, the kids in the front will be unable to listen to anything you say, because they will be looking at your feet. 
• They always use WAY too much hand sanitizer (hanitizer). It drips down their elbows and takes the wax off the floor. 
• Conversely, they won’t use soap to wash their hands unless you make them. It’s not enough to tell them to use soap, you have to stand there and watch them. I spend way more time in the men’s room than anyone should have to.... 
•  You have to say, “Please take your hands out of your pants,” a LOT. 
•  They have NO concept of age—it doesn’t matter if you tell them you’re 16 or 100, they’ll believe you.
• They like to get tissues, but they don't use them.  They carry the kleenex around and end up jamming their fingers up their noses.
•  Many of them will be unable to write their names, zip their pants, or tie their shoes, but will know all the words to “Shawty Got Low”, all the songs in High School Musical and the theme to SpongeBob SquarePants.

Yes, it’s a really good thing they’re cute.

I don't know why...

but for some reason, my newest post is before my two most recent ones. ahhh, technology, we have such a love/hate relationship...

I wasn't kidding...

See....

I told ya.....

Feel the Love

See this one here? Isn't she cute?


I love this girl.
For so many, many reasons.

I really, truly love them all...

But let me tell you some reasons why I love this one...

• Her hair cut. She runs around like a whirling dervish and her hair falls right back into place.
• She tells me she loves me about 37 times a day.
• Sometimes she gets up and hugs me when I'm in the middle of teaching.
• She says "samlich" instead of sandwich.
• She tells me she "very likes" stuff, as in, "Missth Quallsth, I very like your shirt!"
• Her outfits. Last week she came in wearing a striped shirt, polka dot leggings and plaid shoes.
• One time, she came into the classroom carrying her lunch tray with a ring of macaroni and cheese around her mouth because she had been eating it like a little puppy as she walked down the hall.
• Whenever I even briefly mention the first letter in her name, she interrupts me about seventeen times saying "Hey! That's just like in MY name!"
• Sometimes she calls my assistant Conrad....no Mrs.
• When she jumps in a leaf pile, she swims out of it like she's in a pool.
• Just today, she told me to fix her red crayon because it wasn't "shark". That means sharp.

Now don't you wish you had one like her?

Happy Valentine's Day, y'all.

Why You Should Always Have a Camera Ready...

Here is another awesome thing about kindergartners.....
You can put stuff in their centers...
like these glasses,

or these headphones,

or these scarves....

Or this awesome ensemble....

And they'll put it on.


You don't even have to ask.....You just have to try to keep a straight face.

Why I Love January

January is a great month in kindergarten. There are no major holidays and the kids have matured some, so they're generally calmer. But the best thing about January is that we get to make snowmen. All kinds of snowmen.....

Kinda makes you want to teach kindergarten, doesn't it?