Quotes from the Garden (Kindergarten that is)

The News

2010-01-13T15:23:00.001-08:00

Upon hearing about my pregnancy, one of my students looks at me with a puzzled expression on her face. She says, “But you’re not fat yet!”

Christmas Perspective

2009-12-17T04:37:00.000-08:00

After reading “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” with my class, one of my students had a startling revelation about a connection between Santa and Jesus.

“Does Santa bring Baby Jesus with him on his sleigh? My mommy says that Jesus watches me to make sure I am good, and Santa does, too. I know; they must be friends! Sometimes I hope that they don’t see me too much. It is hard to be good ALL the time.”

I guess when you’re five, Jesus and Santa both rank pretty high on your list of priorities.

Hopefully when they realize the truth about Santa, they won’t forget the truth about Jesus.

The Haircut

2009-11-08T04:56:00.000-08:00

I notice one of my more rambunctious boys squirming in his seat during our Journal Activity. When I approached him, he hadn’t begun his journal entry. I noticed that he was clamping his hands over his ears, fluffing his hair, releasing them and then beginning this hair-fluffing process all over again. When I asked him what he was doing, he replied: “Well, you see, I think I need to tell my Mom I need to get a haircut. All of this hair is going inside my ears and it tickling my brain. It is itching my brain and now I can’t think.”

Funny. He returned to school the next day with a fresh, new haircut. I don’t believe his brain itched anymore after that.

Good Grief!

2009-10-20T18:26:00.000-07:00

As I am teaching one of my small groups Reading this morning, I heard the longest, loudest, wettest toot I have ever listened to. I thought that after that display there should be a certain amount of ‘clean up’ that would need to take place. I asked the offending party if she needed to go to the bathroom. Her response to this question was to lift up her leg, wiggle back and forth in her seat, and think for a moment before replying: “No ma’am, it’s not sticky.” I sent her to the bathroom anyway, and she emerged minutes later with a fresh, clean approach to Reading.

2009-10-06T14:45:00.000-07:00

Seeing a picture on my desk of me and my Mom, one of my students looks at me and says: “Mrs. McReynolds! You have a grandma too!” While I find this hysterical, I am sure my Mom would find it a little less funny.

Hugs

2009-09-28T15:55:00.000-07:00

After hugging me, one student replies "Mrs McReynolds, you aren't soft and squishy like my mommy!"

Interesting....

2009-09-22T15:26:00.000-07:00

"I hate school...but I love you."

2009-09-16T03:12:00.000-07:00

"It's so hard to do what my brain tells me."

2009-09-14T19:03:00.000-07:00

"Mrs. Reynolds...I love you from here to God."