School Daze

Christmas holidays are quickly approaching and after 2 and 1/2 months of school, the break will be much needed and welcomed. I have 2 polar opposite classes this year which has made the year seem like a roller coaster with many up and downs. I am really enjoying my one class and those are the days when I know that teaching is what I really want to do. I call these guys my DREAM TEAM. I feel confident and in control and feel like I can conquer any 5 yr old problem that could come my way.

Cute things that have been said in Kindergarten this year:

"But, Miss Taylor, my mom doesn't want me to sit at the time out table. She doesn't like it when I do."

"I keep calling my hoola hoop to come back like you did but it just won't come"

"That's what teachers do, they wait."

"God created everything. He had so much time. He is just so old."

" I have good manners because I got a good manners book for my birthday."

"I can't. I'm laying an egg"

"Miss Taylor, have you ever seen my dad? He looks exactly like Jesus."

After time out...
" You know what Miss Taylor, I'm not going to go back there. I'm going to find another activity that's less rough." (WOW, I've never had a kid say that on his own before.)

About a boy with special needs who cannot speak and can only mumble words...
"It's okay that you don't know what he is saying because he is speaking Spanish."

"My dad goes to the gym too. Because he is fat."

~What kinds of things did God make in His world?
"Well... you know.... long pause... you know... eagles of course"

"Hug it like you love it"




BUT THEN

The next day rolls around and I have my difficult class.... on these days I feel like throwing in the towel and serving tables at local restaurants for the rest of my life. I call these guys my SCREAM TEAM because either one of them is screaming or I feel like screaming!

New Rules that I think need to be implemented better in Kindergarten this year

No shoelace shoes if you cannot tie them.
No cute small school bags that hold absolutely nothing.
No tattle taling.
No peeing on each other.
No pulling down your pants in gym class.
No walking around in your tighty whities.
No wearing your dress over your head.
No swearing.
No lying when it's obviously not true.
No slapping children in the face.
No punching others in the face.
No scratching others in the face.
No strangling others.
No hitting and kicking teachers.
No biting other children.
No sitting on each other.
No eating the erasers.
No eating the pencils.
No eating the pencil crayons.
No eating random food off the floor that doesn't belong to you.
No colouring yourself with the markers.
No colouring on other people's pictures.
No spitting on the carpet.
No talking back to the teacher.
No calling the teacher "teacher".
No tapping the teaching constantly.
No calling the teacher 10 times in a row. If by the 6th time she doesn't respond, she might just be busy.
No mixing all the new colours of playdoh together.
No mixing all the paint together.
No sneezing in your teacher's face.
No walking backwards in the line.
No climbing over the loft railings. (you will fall off)
No running away from the teacher if she is talking to you.


I won't say which class is which...