So now that school is back in session, I have to put myself in the mindset of a six year-old. As a first grade teacher, I must communicate and impart various academic and life skills to students who will use them for life. So here is my inner six year-old... well me as a six year-old anyway. Yes, my inner six year-old is wearing a visor from an Applebee-esque establishment as a headband and finding it wildly funny. It is this type of humor I must deal with on a daily basis. How do I cope? I laugh. Hard. Like today when we were constructing patterns with blocks, and then transferring them to paper by gluing the corresponding paper shapes. I asked a child with a completed block pattern to get the paper shapes from the table; "You will need four yellows and two reds." A minute later I return to said child's desk and see four yellow CRAYONS, and two red CRAYONS. My EA and I had quite a chuckle as you can imagine, however Six Year-Old did not see the humor. I think he was wondering how six crayons were going to help him glue shapes on his paper. So even when a six year-old isn't trying to be funny, my inner six year-old is thoroughly entertained.
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Channel Your Inner Six Year-Old
So now that school is back in session, I have to put myself in the mindset of a six year-old. As a first grade teacher, I must communicate and impart various academic and life skills to students who will use them for life. So here is my inner six year-old... well me as a six year-old anyway. Yes, my inner six year-old is wearing a visor from an Applebee-esque establishment as a headband and finding it wildly funny. It is this type of humor I must deal with on a daily basis. How do I cope? I laugh. Hard. Like today when we were constructing patterns with blocks, and then transferring them to paper by gluing the corresponding paper shapes. I asked a child with a completed block pattern to get the paper shapes from the table; "You will need four yellows and two reds." A minute later I return to said child's desk and see four yellow CRAYONS, and two red CRAYONS. My EA and I had quite a chuckle as you can imagine, however Six Year-Old did not see the humor. I think he was wondering how six crayons were going to help him glue shapes on his paper. So even when a six year-old isn't trying to be funny, my inner six year-old is thoroughly entertained.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
7 comments:
Gee, kind of looks like Chase! And is that Grandma peeping up from behind?????
(So that's what I need to do...channel my inner one month old.) You were cute as a button, Mo!
We're doing pattern blocks and paper shapes next week! Keep laughing Mo- that's the best way to get through these first few weeks!
yes, that is grandma. you can see, she is NOT channelling her inner six year-old. :)
at least you teachers have "normal" kids in your classrooms. I find it hard to talk to adults after spending time w/ autistics and alcohol-syndrome kids. and today we started w/ 4-year-old hispanics, some of whom don't speak english! but they sure are cute!
mo!
look at that face. you were a doll. thanks for the teacher stories and for stopping by to say, "Don't give up" on my blog.
love ya!
Definitely Chase! To think that girl in the picture is married, has two kids, a dog, an RV, smokes, drinks, is an (exotic) dancer , likes to gamble...
...is a great teacher and a way cool parent...
Post a Comment