#preschool stuff

[daraasum]

I feel like I need a masterpost of pre-k teacher stories so let’s go

- 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. 

- Wore a maxi dress with an empire waist. Apparently it made my belly look prominent, because one of my students came up, rubbed my tummy, and said “MISS KATHLEEN YOU’RE GETTING PREGNANT”. Really hoping she didn’t go home and tell her parents that her teacher was getting pregnant during music time.

[weatheredlawmoved]

I made the mistake of leaving the Santa hat I have at work out on the table in the block center. One of my girls comes walking over with it and says, "Your hat," which is great because she's been non-verbal for some time and her speech is just getting better every day and she's really opening up and I love this kid. She also happens to have a minor oral fixation - nothing huge, but snack time is a big deal and she'll put toys in her mouth etc. So she brings me this hat and I'm like "Thanks hon!" And I put it on - And the inside is just. All wet. And I'm like how did this happen?? And I look at her, and she's smiling so big and I say, "Did you put this in your mouth?" "Yes," she says. And walks away. So I took the hat off. Bless this child. I love her so.

[weatheredlawmoved]

I wore a Santa hat to work today and I very seriously told my kids that I use it to talk to Santa and tell him that everyone is being good and not to worry because I'm not a tattle tale. Needless to say multiple children asked me if they could wear the hat to tell Santa "hi". So if ur real, Santa, I hope you enjoyed Ms. Catheryn's entire preschool class asking you how you're doing. Because they were really concerned.

[weatheredlawmoved]

little preschool teacher things

-you bend down to talk to everyone, even if they’re an adult and just sitting down in a freaking chair -you’re constantly asking your friends if they’re still hungry after a meal and stat rummaging around for spare snacks to send with them on their way home -you get excited about passing airplanes and helicopters -you do no craft in half-measures -that little callous on your thumb from cutting out 13-20 of everything -the practical uses of butcher paper do not escape you -”i could do this with my kids” -”my kids”  -talking about “your kids” and having people say, “oh i didn’t know you had any” -that scene from baby mama: “is that chocolate or poop?” -carrying tissues in your pocket -seeing the picture in the scribbles -you covet the little drawings your kids give you -when you ask for a bathroom break so you can scream into some paper towels for a second -when you remember that their beautiful brains at three are working harder than they’re ever going to again and you wrap them all in your arms and appreciate how pure and good they are -someone probably farts right after that

[weatheredlawmoved]

today’s preschool happenings

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.

7. eventually the fear of monsters spread to the group of mommies, and there was a tiny fight for survival in my classroom, but the monster was eventually defeated. life returned to normal.

[weatheredlawmoved]

Every day when I get to work, one of my boys wakes up from his nap and says that he has to tell me something. He gets off his cot, walks over to me, and whispers in my ear, “It’s getting Halloween.”

[weatheredlawmoved]

preschool happenings

-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.

-likewise, when someone does not want a hug, we say, “no means no.” Imagine eleven three year olds asking a friend to respect another friend’s space, and that three year old following through. Just imagine.

[scenex-78]

I'm a senior on the honour roll and one of my teachers gave this to our class it wasn't even a math class.