The Little Things

After being selected as Star of the Day the little girl announced, "It's my super lucky day! I get to be Star of the Day, and we're having a little party to put up our Christmas Tree!" Turns out, she got even luckier when she won a book in the Friday Drawing. Sometimes the heavens open and fortune smiles down on us.

Self-Validation

Overlooking another student's work a girl looked back at her own and declared, "Mine is beautiful!"

Natural Dissaster

Giving a Kindergarten class cotton balls, squeeze glue, crayons, scissors, and glitter is cause for calling FEMA.

Trickery of Gluing

For a Christmas project the Kindergartners were to glue a red pom-pom on Santa's "cherry nose" and a cotton ball on the end of his cap. A student brought his over for me to check. The cotton ball was glued to Santa's nose, and the pom-pom was on the end of Santa's red cap. When in doubt, match with like colors.

Instructional Adherence

The teacher was facing the board, showing the students how to color a project they would be working on. A boy on the front row stood up, shoved his hands in his pockets, and began meandering toward the door, announcing as he went, "I'm just gonna go to the bathroom."

Dating & Relationships

A girl has been calling a boy who rides her bus "boyfriend" lately. On the ride home yesterday she said, "Hey boyfriend, I'm just gonna have to call you friend now because my mom says we can't date til we're older. Older than five, like 16 or 18. So I'm just gonna call you friend, ok?"

His response? None. He had been oblivious the whole time. Some things don't change with age.