#preschool stuff

- I watched one of my kids learn about gravity. He threw a snowball straight up in the air over his head, and in the split second he realized that it was coming straight down onto his face, he screamed OH SHIT in his little high pitched 4 year old voice before he had slush all over his face

- I sent a kid to the bathroom. He spent 10 minutes sitting on the toilet yelling that I ruined his birthday. His birthday was 6 months away.

- I had a little boy last year who had a bit of a troubled home life and his mom was out of the picture, so apparently he kind of adopted me as his mom figure. One morning we had muffins for breakfast and I ended up talking with some kids about how to make muffins at home. Over the rest of the day, said little boy has a rough time and is obvs having a bad day. Come lunch time, he sits next to me, lays his head on my shoulder, and sighs, “Miss teacher, will you tell me how to make muffins again?” 

Thus I ended up having to describe muffin-making to this child every time he needed a pick-me-up. If it works, don’t knock it. 

1. one of my boys began yelling that there was a monster in the room and then ran over and began repeatedly hitting a picture of himself. 

2.a boy kept repeatedly asking another girl for a wooden block and when he finally got it, he tried to shove it  up his pant leg. i had to assist. 

3. we learned about respect today, and were able to properly identify and demonstrate what it means to respect someones space and feelings and i’m really proud. 

4. all the girls congregated in a corner and took care of three baby dolls, referring to each other as mommy after deciding they didn’t need any daddies.

5. monster child continued to warn everyone about monsters and asked if i would make a sign telling his mom that he could see the monsters.

6. we have a small piano shaped like an alligator that has wheels on it and it’s basically the class pet. no name as of yet, will keep you informed.

-my students brought up random toys for me to kiss. 

-we have established a rule that no animal is a bad animal. We love sharks and dinosaurs as much as kittens and puppies, but we agree some bugs cannot be trusted. 

-anytime someone spills milk, we collectively say, “oh man!” Everyone at the table helps clean up the mess.

-we have a job in class called a “cheer giver” but i encourage all of them to hug their friends when they are sad. This leads to me getting eleven hugs or so when i cry in front of them, which is rare.