Quirky Quips & Sewing Snips
Kelly, though he is only four, is a bit of a smart-alec. Today I gave him his velcro backed uppercase alphabet letters, but forgot to give him the board he’s to stick them to. He said, “Yo!” And when I glanced down he was giving me that look. I didn’t [...]
Friday’s school lunch was cheese pizza. As I cut each child’s pizza in half I said, “You may eat this with your fingers.” One-by-one they looked at me hesitantly as they picked the pizza up and took their first bite — all of them except Kevin. When I told Kevin [...]
Ms. Angel and I were talking about some scheduling difficulties. The children were organizing themselves for Sesame Street (aka nap time, they doze off about half way through). I could hear Chaz talking. I’d been hearing him talking all day — pretty much nonsense — so I had him tuned [...]
Marisol cannot correctly pronounce the name of one of her classmates. She calls her B’na Lee, so yesterday I said to her, “Repeat after me: Aaa. Na. Lee.” Marisol slowly repeats, “Aaa. Na. Lee.” “Good!” I say. “Aaa. Na. Lee.” Marisol repeats it slowly and perfectly again. “That’s perfect!” I [...]
Harold managed to stay awake all the way through Sesame Street, though most of his classmates were asleep within minutes. After Sesame Street, he managed to stay awake through an entire Enya CD. Then I told him it was time to get up and asked him to put his blanket [...]