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?

I Blame Disney

I swear I had nothing to do with this.... The art teacher called me yesterday.

She told me the kids have been working on these under the sea pictures.

They've been working on them for quite some time.

Apparently, one of the pictures escaped the art teacher's notice.

Until it was too late.

Word to the wise--be careful about watching that Little Mermaid.....

P.S. No, it's not the same kid who did the skeleton. =)

Fun Facts, Or Why I Don't Like Marvel Comics....

It's been awhile since I've told you interesting facts that you might not know about Kindergarten children. Here are some that I have collected over the years...

If a kindergartner gets an apple for lunch, he/she will stab it with a fork and try to eat it like a lollipop.

They are always shocked to discover everyone in the class is five or six...In fact, I've had several say to me, "Hey! Guess what? I'm five and he's five, too!"

In kindergarten, the "S" word is stupid or shut up. They are quite scandalized when someone uses these words.

If someone is caught using the "S" word, he/she will often say, "I was just sayin' it to myself."

Very often, kindergarten children will rattle off a bunch of nonsense words and tell you they are "speaking Spanish." Many times they will do this to actual Spanish speakers who, oddly enough, seem unphased by this.

At nap time, if one of them starts coughing, they will ALL start fake coughing. Seriously, it's like working in a tuberculosis ward.

When they first begin to write their names, they will often write them on furniture. When caught, they will deny it, because they haven't figured out that they're the only ones who would write their own names.

Guest speakers who haven't spent a lot of time with five-year-olds will usually ask the kids, "Are there any questions?" Which ALWAYS elicits the response, "One time, I was at Chuck E. Cheese...." Suckeerrrs....

Every time an X-men movie comes out, I have to say, "Take your crayons out from between your fingers. You are not Wolverine."