Lately in Kindergarten..

everyone thinks they need to tell me when they don’t want to do something.

“Time to practice our songs for the program!”

“I don’t wanna be in the Christmas program.”

well, too bad. your mom wants you to be in it.

“Line up for library!”

“I don’t wanna go to library. I hate library.”

I’m sorry. But Miss Bechtel gets a 30 minute break during library so I feel a little differently.

“You are acting like a preschooler. You are going back to preschool tomorrow.”

“I don’t wanna go to preschool!" (starts crying)

Well you should have thought about that before you stabbed your eraser with your pencil and hammered on the table for the 3rd time while I was talking.

I have also learned that threatening to take them out of the Christmas program doesn’t work.

“Do you want to be in the show?!”

No….

“Well….too bad…you have to be.” (then me and the other teachers laugh with our backs to them because it is freaking funny when they are so honest with us)

Even though I have had it up to HERE with my class this week (my aide has been out sick and we have had rainy day schedule which means I literally get NO BREAKS ALL DAY. I have them from 8:30-3:00 and they act like they are on crack just because it’s raining.) they still kill me. I have one kid who is a super tough boy but has been so motherly to a few other boys…one was sleepy during our program rehearsals so this kid puts his arm around him and lets him lean on his shoulder while he rubs his head, saying “shhh, shhhh, it’s okay…” HAHAHAHAHA. Then I was watching some other kids in line and a boy goes “hi!” and sticks out his hand to shake, and the other kid looks at him and then finally sticks his hand out too and they shake. Hahahaha.

Other conversations I have every single day:

“my arm/stomach/leg/head/finger/foot hurts” x1000000

“Oh I’m sorry…I am not a doctor.”

“I miss my mom. I wanna go home.”

“Well I love having you here with me and good thing the day is almost over, huh?” (I still say this even if it’s 8:45am).

“Is it Friday?”

“I don’t know…is it? Were you listening during calendar time this morning?” (This doesn’t help…they still never know).

"What time is it?"

"If I tell you, is it going to mean anything at all to you?"