Well, actually...
During morning singing...
"Miss Holstege, I know a great song for us to learn."
Me: Okay what song is that?
"Well I don't really know how it goes?"
Me: Do you know any of the words?
"Not really..."
Me: Do you know the tune?
"No, not really, but I think she knows it too!" pointing to another little girl who looked just as bewildered as I!"
And then..."Can we sing the exit song?" (Gloria in exit-acious deo!)
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In the library...
Nick: "I have two book bags, because I found my old one."
Caleb: "Hey you can just save that one then if your mom has another kid and they name it Nick, you'll have a bag for him!" (Sorry, just had to share the name..)
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At lunch....
"Look, Miss Holstege! I have carrots in my lunch! You know what I really like with carrots? Ranch dip." Long pause..."You probably don't have any ranch dip do you?"
Sorry, not something I keep in my desk.
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During Bible...
1st kindergartener: "What are idols?"
2nd: kindergartner: "You know in the Bible, they would make gold things and then they would worship them, like cows and stuff."
Me: Well, in Bible times some people did make idols, but today, an idol is anything that we worship or love more than God..."
1st kindergarten: "Well, then is God our idol?"
2nd kindergartener: "No! God is God!"
Well said...
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During Journal time...
Me: "So you brought two pictures, which word would you like to write?"
Almost every kindergartner: "Which one is shorter?"
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When I found a brand new glue stick, still in the package, I asked if anyone knew who it belonged to. No one knew, so (open mouth) I said, "Hmm...must be Santa Claus dropped this through the roof a little early." (insert foot)
Huge gasp...Look of horror! Miss Holstege!!! That's bad!
You know there's no such thing as Santa Claus!
"I WAS JUST KIDDING!!!"
Later, I did go back to that student and said, "You do know that I was just teasing, right..." after all contract time is coming:)
...and a random questionss
Do "what ifs" really happen? Well, what if they did?