Small Children Stories
Jul. 17th, 2010 03:07 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
gwenfrankenstienIt is three in the morning and it is way too hot to sleep. I figure this is as good a time as any to share the small collection of I Work With Kids Now anecdotes I've saved up!
My mom: What noise does a cow make?
Kids, in chorus: Moo!
My mom: Okay, what noise does a walrus make?
Kid R: Goo goo g'joob!
My mom: Girl Y, what's your favourite song?
Girl Y: We All Live In A Yellow Submarine!
My mom: Good! Do you know who sings it?
Boy R: RINGO!
(Boy R. is one of my favourite kids, he is four and he is the tiniest rock star. He is obsessed with the Beatles and the Who and, inexplicably, Mika and the Ghostbusters Theme.)
Girl M: What's your favourite bird?"
Me: Uh, the wood duck.
Girl M: NO. Wood duck is bad because they drop the babies!
Me: The babies are supposed to jump off the tree, it's how they learn to fly.
Girl M: Okay. (she wanders off, muttering) Wood duck, woodpecker, and wood chairs and a wood table....
(Girl M is really sweet and really bright but hard for us to look after because she tends to require constant one-on-one attention. She very probably has some form of ASD, which is in the process of being diagnosed, and most of the staff just have no idea how to deal with her and it breaks my heart a little)
Boy E (to Boy D): When I grow up I'm going to marry you AND Girl K!
Boy D: You can't do that. Two boys can get married and a boy and a girl can get married but two boys and one girl aren't allowed. How about you marry her and I can live with you?
Boy E: Or I could marry you and K could live with us.
Boy D: But I don't want to get married!
(*________* Seriously, my heart grew three sizes. Boy D is the so-sharp-he-cuts-himself kind of smart but emotionally needy, the kind of kid that makes you wonder why the Gifted Program doesn't start in first grade)
(A few days before the G20)
Kids: Are being quite loud indeed.
Boy K: Guys, you don't have to be so loud, this isn't the G20 Summit!
(And the Monday after)
My mom: Who here knows what the G20 is?
Boy K: It's about serious business!
(Boy K's parents are amazing. They take him to conventions! Lufwood and I ran into the family at FanExpo last year! Also, apparently, they keep him up to date on current events?)
My mom: What noise does a cow make?
Kids, in chorus: Moo!
My mom: Okay, what noise does a walrus make?
Kid R: Goo goo g'joob!
My mom: Girl Y, what's your favourite song?
Girl Y: We All Live In A Yellow Submarine!
My mom: Good! Do you know who sings it?
Boy R: RINGO!
(Boy R. is one of my favourite kids, he is four and he is the tiniest rock star. He is obsessed with the Beatles and the Who and, inexplicably, Mika and the Ghostbusters Theme.)
Girl M: What's your favourite bird?"
Me: Uh, the wood duck.
Girl M: NO. Wood duck is bad because they drop the babies!
Me: The babies are supposed to jump off the tree, it's how they learn to fly.
Girl M: Okay. (she wanders off, muttering) Wood duck, woodpecker, and wood chairs and a wood table....
(Girl M is really sweet and really bright but hard for us to look after because she tends to require constant one-on-one attention. She very probably has some form of ASD, which is in the process of being diagnosed, and most of the staff just have no idea how to deal with her and it breaks my heart a little)
Boy E (to Boy D): When I grow up I'm going to marry you AND Girl K!
Boy D: You can't do that. Two boys can get married and a boy and a girl can get married but two boys and one girl aren't allowed. How about you marry her and I can live with you?
Boy E: Or I could marry you and K could live with us.
Boy D: But I don't want to get married!
(*________* Seriously, my heart grew three sizes. Boy D is the so-sharp-he-cuts-himself kind of smart but emotionally needy, the kind of kid that makes you wonder why the Gifted Program doesn't start in first grade)
(A few days before the G20)
Kids: Are being quite loud indeed.
Boy K: Guys, you don't have to be so loud, this isn't the G20 Summit!
(And the Monday after)
My mom: Who here knows what the G20 is?
Boy K: It's about serious business!
(Boy K's parents are amazing. They take him to conventions! Lufwood and I ran into the family at FanExpo last year! Also, apparently, they keep him up to date on current events?)
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Date: 2010-07-17 02:30 pm (UTC)Boy E (to Boy D): When I grow up I'm going to marry you AND Girl K!
I WANT TO TAPE THIS WHOLE CONVERSATION TO MY WALLLLL
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Date: 2010-07-17 03:11 pm (UTC)