Sunday before last was a full moon. If you work with children or in a hospital, you know that this has nothing to do with superstition, but things actually DO get 10 times crazier around the full moon. There are not a bevy of sweet stories from this week, because most of our time was spent reigning the kids in and telling them to share or stop running or be quiet or sit down! But there are a few goodies I have to share!
Friday, we were learning about groundhogs, since the following day was Groundhog day. You know you're in a classroom in South Georgia when your children say "Gro-wund-hawwwwwg". Bless their hearts!
I also had a little incident earlier this past week that was a first for me and the teacher I teach with says it has never happened to her either in all of her years of teaching.
A little one tried to choke me out.
This particular little sweetheart has problems with impulse control. He and a classmate were fighting over a toy and I took the toy and told them simply that if they could not share the toy, then no one could play with it. Little Ben did not like that solution He jumped into my lap, which was near to the ground thanks to the tiny little pre-k chair I was sitting in. He put his hands around my neck and squeezed as hard as he could, until his olive skin turned bright red and his teeth were gritting loudly.
I sat and stared at the teacher. I was in shock! I really wanted to laugh but something told me that would not have gone over well.
Of course this kid was punished for his actions, but I just want you all to know that now I feel like if i can survive being choked by a five year old, I can survive anything.
One child was particularly hilarious last week. First, he spilled his milk and said, just like a grown-up would "Well great..that's just great!". From time to time, we also let this child pass out homework folders at the end of the day. He says the children's names just like us, and even adds little things we say like "come on up here" and "let's go, hurry up". but by far the best copy cat he's done was of me, with his hands on his hips when a classmate wouldn't respond, saying "Don't you hear me talking to you?" just like I do when one of the children ignores me.
Today, I took a child to the nurse, and we were reading a book about transportation. We turned to a page with aviation. There were pictures of people riding in planes, helicopters, blimps, hot air balloons, and even some people going sky diving. I shared with him that I liked flying in a plane but the rest of those things made me very scared! We sat in the waiting room for MUCH longer. Right before we left, this child was sitting next to an older kid who was looking at the book and when my student saw the older child flip to the aviation page, he quickly said "We better turn the page. This page makes Miss Bishop very frightened!"
What a sweetheart! And it's always adorable to hear little ones use such big words!
This same child also has a bad habit of calling the ever popular game Angry Birds "Naughty Birds" by accident. Ms. Blalock and I quickly correct him and then giggle quietly to ourselves.
There are lots of myths associated with the full moon. But I'll be the first to confirm that my class turns into a pack of hilarious little werewolves under a full moon.
Of course this kid was punished for his actions, but I just want you all to know that now I feel like if i can survive being choked by a five year old, I can survive anything.
One child was particularly hilarious last week. First, he spilled his milk and said, just like a grown-up would "Well great..that's just great!". From time to time, we also let this child pass out homework folders at the end of the day. He says the children's names just like us, and even adds little things we say like "come on up here" and "let's go, hurry up". but by far the best copy cat he's done was of me, with his hands on his hips when a classmate wouldn't respond, saying "Don't you hear me talking to you?" just like I do when one of the children ignores me.
Today, I took a child to the nurse, and we were reading a book about transportation. We turned to a page with aviation. There were pictures of people riding in planes, helicopters, blimps, hot air balloons, and even some people going sky diving. I shared with him that I liked flying in a plane but the rest of those things made me very scared! We sat in the waiting room for MUCH longer. Right before we left, this child was sitting next to an older kid who was looking at the book and when my student saw the older child flip to the aviation page, he quickly said "We better turn the page. This page makes Miss Bishop very frightened!"
What a sweetheart! And it's always adorable to hear little ones use such big words!
This same child also has a bad habit of calling the ever popular game Angry Birds "Naughty Birds" by accident. Ms. Blalock and I quickly correct him and then giggle quietly to ourselves.
There are lots of myths associated with the full moon. But I'll be the first to confirm that my class turns into a pack of hilarious little werewolves under a full moon.
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