tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80966842652063475182024-03-14T01:49:52.409-06:00Kindergarten PhilosophiesINSPIRATIONS FROM DAILY INTERACTIONS WITH KINDERGARTNERSJadeLuckMoneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15165896737141301756noreply@blogger.comBlogger69125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8096684265206347518.post-50504882529561178672011-11-07T05:40:00.003-07:002011-11-07T05:40:29.294-07:00A Lesson in Taste<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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No matter how <span style="color: #990000; font-size: large;">appetizing</span> our classmates may appear, the claim,<span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: x-large;"> "I just wanted to taste him."</span> Will <span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: large;">always</span> be met with, <span style="color: #38761d; font-size: x-large;">"We do not eat our friends."</span></div>
</div>JadeLuckMoneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15165896737141301756noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8096684265206347518.post-27092114407555676392011-08-30T22:38:00.000-06:002011-08-30T22:38:36.350-06:00Language Barrier<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Teaching<span style="color: #f6b26b; font-size: large;"> in Korea</span> I've learned: kindness <span style="color: #76a5af; font-size: x-large;">knows no language</span> but it's own.</div></div>JadeLuckMoneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15165896737141301756noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8096684265206347518.post-70778544822122841112011-08-26T07:42:00.000-06:002011-08-26T07:42:12.252-06:00Assessments<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Though I <span style="color: #e69138; font-size: large;">no longer live in the States,</span> nor do I regularly work with Kindergarten-aged children, these were shared with me <span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">from the other side of the world</span> today, and <span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: x-large;">I couldn't help posting them</span> to this wonderful place. </div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">Prior to Kindergarten</span> each child takes an assessment. Part of this includes <span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">alphabet recognition.</span> </div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">It may also be said that the children make assessments of their own.</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">One little girl paused on "p." The teacher prompted, <span style="color: #f1c232; font-size: large;">"Do you remember this one?"</span> </div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The little girl conspiratorially replied, <span style="color: #45818e; font-size: x-large;">"It's hard to remember when you don't know."</span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">A little boy was going through <span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">making associations</span> with each letter. <span style="color: #e69138; font-size: large;">"A is for Adam, that's my name. B is for Brecken, he goes to my pre-school."</span> And so on through the alphabet to the <span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">letter X.</span> Even here he was not at a loss.</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">"X...that's on my Dad's videos!"</span></div><div style="color: #a64d79; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">Secrets are never safe with children...</span></div></div>JadeLuckMoneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15165896737141301756noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8096684265206347518.post-40191750855849609672010-04-05T10:30:00.000-06:002010-04-05T10:30:36.002-06:00The Hokey Pokey<span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;">When the song says,</span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: x-large;">"Put your right arm in"</span> <span style="color: #073763; font-size: x-large;">it is merely a suggestion.</span>JadeLuckMoneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15165896737141301756noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8096684265206347518.post-25281204187142107802010-04-05T10:28:00.000-06:002010-04-05T10:28:44.289-06:00The Knowing of Self<span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: x-large;">Downtime</span> is a <span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: large;">very convenient time</span> for <span style="color: #38761d; font-size: x-large;">belly-button exploration.</span>JadeLuckMoneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15165896737141301756noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8096684265206347518.post-72590613514697417792010-03-22T10:46:00.000-06:002010-03-22T10:46:23.959-06:00Bad Swears<span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;">Sometimes</span> <span style="color: #38761d; font-size: x-large;">the "S" word</span> <span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: large;">isn't</span> <span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;">what you think it is</span> <span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;">(in this instance</span> <span style="color: #990000; font-size: x-large;">"shut up"</span><span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;">).</span>JadeLuckMoneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15165896737141301756noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8096684265206347518.post-79830680815454476252010-01-27T10:25:00.000-07:002010-01-27T10:25:33.271-07:00Parental Guidance Suggested?2nd Term Report Card <span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: x-large;">comments from a mother</span> on her son's progress, <span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: x-large;">"Seems he's doin Better"</span> That's right folks, <span style="color: #38761d; font-size: x-large;">education</span> starts in the <span style="color: #741b47; font-size: x-large;">home.</span>JadeLuckMoneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15165896737141301756noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8096684265206347518.post-19162247896249578142010-01-26T10:01:00.000-07:002010-01-26T10:01:22.117-07:00NumbersWho is <span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: x-large;">first,</span> <span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: x-large;">best,</span> <span style="color: #990000; font-size: x-large;">fastest,</span> etc. is very important right now. One Kindergartner said to another, <span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #741b47;">"I have</span> <span style="color: #38761d;">infinity.</span> <span style="color: #134f5c;">That's a</span> <b style="color: #bf9000;">big</b> <span style="color: #134f5c;">number!"</span></span>JadeLuckMoneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15165896737141301756noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8096684265206347518.post-20783375376312735872010-01-26T09:58:00.000-07:002010-01-26T09:58:43.279-07:00Hair to CompareYou can <span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: x-large;">usually</span> tell the Kindergartners who have older, more <span style="color: #741b47; font-size: x-large;">"stylish"</span> siblings. For instance, a <span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;">little girl</span> showed up yesterday with a <span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: x-large;">"bump it"</span> in her hair.JadeLuckMoneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15165896737141301756noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8096684265206347518.post-43720663736653023662009-12-29T20:23:00.000-07:002009-12-29T20:23:10.062-07:00What I Know<span style="color: #20124d; font-size: x-large;">"I know</span> three things.<br />
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<div style="color: #bf9000;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">1-Adults can cry.</span><br />
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<div style="color: #073763;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">2-Adults can run.</span><br />
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<div style="color: #274e13;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">3-Adults can have babies.</span><br />
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But only <span style="color: #0c343d; font-size: x-large;">moms.</span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: x-large;">Dads</span> have that one thing that <span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: x-large;">can baptize people.</span> You know...<span style="color: #783f04; font-size: x-large;">the Priesthood."</span>JadeLuckMoneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15165896737141301756noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8096684265206347518.post-6735075221448980932009-12-29T20:20:00.000-07:002009-12-29T20:20:11.872-07:00Importance of Instructions<span style="color: #660000; font-size: x-large;">Don't lay</span> on the <span style="color: #073763; font-size: x-large;">floor</span> while <span style="color: #274e13; font-size: x-large;"></span> <span style="color: #783f04; font-size: x-large;">playing Freeze.</span> <span style="color: #20124d; font-size: x-large;">"You could get</span> <span style="color: #274e13; font-size: x-large;">trampled!"</span>JadeLuckMoneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15165896737141301756noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8096684265206347518.post-62321254231048197012009-12-29T20:18:00.000-07:002009-12-29T20:18:05.488-07:00Fear Through Fashion<span style="color: #783f04; font-size: x-large;">"I've been scared</span> of [a boy] for years. <span style="color: #20124d; font-size: x-large;">1) Because he's tall,</span> <span style="color: #660000; font-size: x-large;">2) Because he always wears pants,</span> <span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: x-large;">3) He always wears black shoes,</span> <span style="color: #0c343d; font-size: x-large;">4) Because he has black hair,</span> <span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: x-large;">and 3) Because he has a shirt with bones on it."</span> Be careful <span style="color: #073763; font-size: x-large;">what you wear,</span> you never know what <span style="color: #274e13; font-size: x-large;">message you're sending.</span>JadeLuckMoneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15165896737141301756noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8096684265206347518.post-14469316662805565752009-12-16T11:10:00.001-07:002009-12-16T11:12:30.570-07:00Kindergarten Read-a-thon<span style="color: #990000; font-size: x-large;">Code for:</span> Eat <span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;">snacks</span> and <span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: x-large;">hang out</span> on the rug <span style="color: #741b47; font-size: x-large;"></span>while comparing <span style="color: #741b47; font-size: x-large;">your loot</span> to <span style="color: #38761d; font-size: x-large;">your friends'.</span>JadeLuckMoneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15165896737141301756noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8096684265206347518.post-23273978310188777442009-12-16T11:06:00.000-07:002009-12-16T11:06:22.417-07:00Nursery Rhymes Come to Life<div style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Ride a cockhorse to Banberry Cross </i></span><br />
</div><div style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>to see a fine lady upon a white horse.</i></span><br />
</div><div style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i> With rings on her fingers and bells on her toes </i></span><br />
</div><div style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>she shall have music wherever she goes.</i></span><br />
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<div style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Kindergarten Version</span><br />
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<div style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: large;">Drive your van to our fine little school</span><br />
</div><div style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-size: large;">where you will find our Kindergarten, so cool.</span><br />
</div><div style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-size: large;">With spring dresses and Christmas bells in snow</span><br />
</div><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;">there is n'er a merrier place to go.</span>JadeLuckMoneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15165896737141301756noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8096684265206347518.post-57065202680216643392009-12-16T10:42:00.000-07:002009-12-16T10:42:01.618-07:00Size ComparisonWhile <span style="color: #38761d; font-size: x-large;">curling ribbon</span> for the Kindergartners' <span style="color: #990000; font-size: x-large;">"super secret"</span> present a boy asked me why I used such <span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: x-large;">big scissors.</span> I told him it was because I had <span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: x-large;">big hands.</span> He thought a <span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: x-large;"></span>moment and replied, <span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: x-large;">"You have a big face."</span>JadeLuckMoneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15165896737141301756noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8096684265206347518.post-36309984710516936272009-12-10T12:59:00.000-07:002009-12-10T12:59:17.245-07:00Letters to SantaOriginal spelling has been preserved. Explanations follow those not easily interpreted.<br />
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<div style="color: #783f04;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">"Dear Santa, Ples get me a babay doll."</span><br />
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<div style="color: #274e13;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">"Dear Santa, PLez BReN me A FR WeL CePe."</span> (Please bring me a for real kitty.)<br />
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<span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: x-large;">"Dear Santa, Marre ChriSTMas con u plez BreMg Me a striBare ShorTkak. i lov u."</span> (Merry Christmas. Can you please bring me a Strawberry Shortcake. I love you.)<br />
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-size: x-large;">"Dear Santa, I B GOOD LaGo."</span> (I be good. Lego.)<br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-size: x-large;">"Dear Santa, DrtBIk."</span> (dirtbike) <br />
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<div style="color: #7f6000;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">"Dear Santa, I HaF Ben GrD Pes be me a Dal I laf yew." </span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">(I have been good. Please bring me a doll. I love you.)</span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-size: x-large;">"Dear Santa, I hav Bin viry Good Can you biy i a tasfomr."</span> (I have been very good. Can you bring me a transformer.)JadeLuckMoneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15165896737141301756noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8096684265206347518.post-30174730742036410552009-12-10T12:48:00.000-07:002009-12-10T12:48:38.981-07:00Open DiscussionWhile subbing we wrote things we were <span style="color: #073763; font-size: x-large;">thankful</span> for. We went around the room and <span style="color: #783f04; font-size: x-large;">each student </span>said something he or she was thankful for. There was a student who couldn't think of something on <span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: x-large;">his first turn,</span> so we skipped him with a promise to come back. When <span style="color: #7f6000; font-size: x-large;">we came back</span> he stuck his head in his hands, then looked at me and said, <span style="color: #274e13; font-size: x-large;">"Um...I don't want to talk about it anymore."</span>JadeLuckMoneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15165896737141301756noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8096684265206347518.post-32854515952444024002009-12-10T08:42:00.000-07:002009-12-10T08:42:02.671-07:00What Happens After ZThe class has just <span style="color: #783f04; font-size: x-large;">completed learning the Alphabet.</span> The students believe they will now <span style="color: #0c343d; font-size: x-large;">graduate to First Grade.</span> To heck with learning <span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: x-large;">numbers,</span> <span style="color: #7f6000; font-size: x-large;">patterning,</span> <span style="color: #274e13; font-size: x-large;">geography,</span> <span style="color: #20124d; font-size: x-large;">animals,</span> or <span style="color: #783f04; font-size: x-large;">movements in dance. </span><span style="color: #073763; font-size: x-large;">That stuff is overrated.</span>JadeLuckMoneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15165896737141301756noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8096684265206347518.post-22960968280522212402009-12-10T08:32:00.000-07:002009-12-10T08:32:54.226-07:00PaintAfter <span style="color: #783f04; font-size: x-large;">showing</span> the Kindergartners the <span style="color: #7f6000; font-size: x-large;">proper paint-spattering technique</span> of running the teeth of a table knife across the teeth of a toothbrush it was almost <span style="color: #274e13; font-size: x-large;">eerie</span> to see how many of them <span style="color: #660000; font-size: x-large;">turned the brush over,</span> <span style="color: #0c343d; font-size: x-large;">leaned down,</span> and <span style="color: #20124d; font-size: x-large;">spattered their faces</span><span style="color: #20124d; font-size: x-large;">.</span> That's right, Merry Christmas, Mom and Dad.JadeLuckMoneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15165896737141301756noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8096684265206347518.post-78554160226823971422009-12-10T08:29:00.000-07:002009-12-10T08:29:33.146-07:00Keeping SecretsA student <span style="color: #274e13; font-size: x-large;">brought in money</span> for a <span style="color: purple; font-size: x-large;">"super secret"</span> Christmas gift the class is making for their parents a <span style="color: #073763; font-size: x-large;">few days late.</span> A note with the money said, "She <span style="color: #783f04; font-size: x-large;">refused to show me this</span> note because she thought if she did <span style="color: #0c343d; font-size: x-large;">she would be giving away the super secret surprise.</span> Here is the $1.50 she owes."JadeLuckMoneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15165896737141301756noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8096684265206347518.post-26527220422085466442009-12-07T21:34:00.000-07:002009-12-07T21:34:32.605-07:00Art of ExpressionWhile<span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: x-large;"> riding the bus</span> home a girl was singing a <span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: x-large;">song she made up as she went.</span> When she finished the <span style="color: #741b47; font-size: x-large;">boy seated next</span> to her looked at her and said, <span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: x-large;">"I don't get it."</span>JadeLuckMoneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15165896737141301756noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8096684265206347518.post-4952497574632843552009-12-07T21:31:00.000-07:002009-12-07T21:31:35.991-07:00The Art of RetellingWhile <span style="color: #783f04; font-size: x-large;">explaining</span> the <span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: x-large;">newspaper article</span> she brought, a Kindergartner spoke with the <span style="color: #073763; font-size: x-large;">gravity of a plague</span> when she said, <span style="color: #274e13; font-size: x-large;">"The jellyfish are killing people."</span>JadeLuckMoneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15165896737141301756noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8096684265206347518.post-56233341983173325072009-12-07T21:14:00.000-07:002009-12-07T21:14:17.085-07:00CitizenshipAs I was <span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: x-large;">walking from the classroom</span> I heard a student announce, <span style="color: #660000; font-size: x-large;">"I can't kill nobody."</span>JadeLuckMoneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15165896737141301756noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8096684265206347518.post-61809697590472310622009-12-04T11:56:00.001-07:002009-12-04T11:56:58.945-07:00The Little ThingsAfter being selected as <span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: x-large;">Star of the Day</span> the little girl announced, <span style="color: #741b47; font-size: x-large;">"It's my super lucky day!</span> I get to be Star of the Day, and we're having a little <span style="color: #38761d; font-size: x-large;">party to put up our Christmas Tree!"</span> Turns out, she got even luckier when <span style="color: #990000; font-size: x-large;">she won a book in the Friday Drawing.</span> Sometimes the <span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;">heavens open</span> and <span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: x-large;">fortune smiles</span> down on us.JadeLuckMoneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15165896737141301756noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8096684265206347518.post-40602584278414884602009-12-04T11:52:00.000-07:002009-12-04T11:52:27.824-07:00Self-Validation<span style="color: #274e13; font-size: x-large;"></span><span style="font-size: small;">Overlooking</span> <span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: x-large;">another student's work</span> a girl looked <span style="color: #660000; font-size: x-large;">back at her own</span> and declared, <span style="color: #274e13; font-size: x-large;">"Mine is beautiful!"</span>JadeLuckMoneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15165896737141301756noreply@blogger.com1