Things My Kinders Say

kindergarten aide, describing some of the most random things my kiddos come up with

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Me to my 3-year-old client: "No, thank you, we don't lick the frogs."

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Para: "And how would you let the firefighters know? To come to your house?"

Kiddo: "I'd write them a letter!"

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"Miss Emma, do you know what a boat is?"

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Teacher: "What month is it?"

Student 1: "Fall!"

Teacher: "No, that's the season. It's 'June, July, August, September...'"

Student 2: "October!"

Teacher: "Good job, now what's the season?"

Student 1: "Foggy!"

Teacher: "No, that's the weather..."

Student 3: "Hot!"

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Shortest girl in the class to tallest girl in the class: "We're the same height!"

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The assignment was to draw something that began with the letter A. One boy drew a duck and very excitedly told me it was quacking.

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(To a firefighter) "You're a fire hydrant!"

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(To me) "What do you want to be when you grow up?"

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(To me) "Do you have a job?"

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Child: "Why are we at school today?"

Me: "Because it's Tuesday...?"

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Teacher: "Why is it so hard for you guys to line up?"

Boy; "Because we don't listen!"

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(during morning meeting) "Why is the sun hot?"

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"My grandma is 10,000 years old!"

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"I know what death is! It's what happens when you die."

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(writing a sentence using the CVC word "pig" and the sight word "like") "Pigs are like my dad!"

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"She looks just like Cardi B!" (said about a classmate, who very much looks nothing like Cardi B.)

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Kiddo: "Is Mars a planet?"

Me: "Yes, lovie."

Kiddo: "Is Pluto a planet? My sister told me it isn't."

Me: "Pluto is a special thing." (Not explaining the difference between a full planet and a dwarf planet to a small child.)

Kiddo: "Does it have ice cream?!"

Me: "No, lovie..."