Quirky Quips & Sewing Snips
We have a new student. He is four years old and his name is Kevin. Kevin’s lunch plate is set before him. He says thank you and immediately grabs a handful of rice and shoves it into his mouth, nose and chin. Ms. Alyce admonishes, “Use your fork! We don’t [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Twelve children. Twelve pallets. All are sleeping. The only sounds in the room were K.K.’s and Chez’s baby snores, the soft tap of the computer keys beneath my fingers, and the gentle swish of Ms. Jewel’s paint brush. Suddenly Harold, whom we’ve been nagging about using the potty, sits up [...]
. . . must be blood. Tis the season. Our classroom has geared up for Christmas. One of our first art projects (these are coordination and eye-hand control lessons) was painting, cutting out and decorating cute little reindeer. Pipe cleaner antlers and red noses must be attached. Alyce, our paraprofessional [...]