Quirky Quips & Sewing Snips
. . . 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 [...]
Barbecue sauce, that is. David-of-the-winsome-grin held up his barbecue sauce packet and said, “Hep, peas.” So I hepped. I took the slimy little packet from his slimy little hand, grasped it tightly and attempted to tear the end. Apparently David had been working on the packet for quite some time [...]
Chaz does not walk. He hops, bounds and bounces. Today he bounced toward the classroom wearing a huge good morning smile just the way he does every morning.  Well, not exactly the way he does every morning. Today on his way into the room he whacked his cheekbone. Offended, [...]
We had been studying our colors for awhile and I decided to switch to numbers. I pointed at the crayons on the table and said to the child, “Will you count the crayons for me?” He said yes, then began to count: “One. Two. Four. Five. Six. Seven. Nine. Ten. [...]
Today in the school cafeteria they served spaghetti. It came accompanied by green salad and fresh pineapple. (Yes, fresh.) There was also milk and homemade dinner rolls. (Yes, homemade.) I kid you not, I have eaten worse food in fancy restaurants. The only damper on the meal is that before [...]