Quirky Quips & Sewing Snips
Kelly needed help with his shoes. He said, “Help, please,” and wiggled his foot at me. I looked down at his untied shoe laces, pulled out a chair, sat down and said, “Put your foot up here on my knee.” He put his foot on my shin. I grabbed it, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]