Quirky Quips & Sewing Snips
Lunch was over. We were walking back toward the classroom. Kelly was holding my hand. “Whad’s negst?” He asked. “Naptime? I no wants to sleeps.” I said, “Yep. Naptime. And today I just might take a nap, too.” Kelly laughed. “You no can nap. You bigs.” “I can’t nap?” I [...]
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 [...]
Four year old Gordy can’t count. The concept of quantity escapes him completely. Twice a week he and I tackle the problem and twice a week he doesn’t get it. We sit together at the table. On a cardboard cut out of the number one, I have placed one fruit [...]
Happy tries so hard to please that he even complies to instructions given to others. For two days he has listened to breakfast and lunch conversations with Kevin. Happy watched as Kevin learned to handle a fork. He repeatedly heard, “We don’t eat with our fingers!” So today at lunch [...]