Words of Wisdom. . .

Six year old style.


6 year old little boy to me:  "Does God make snowflakes?"

They came back from Thanksgiving break, and now EVERYTHING relates to Christmas.  I am going to have to hear the words "Santa Claus" three thousand times a day for the next three weeks.  No matter what we are discussing, vast explanations and theories concerning Santa Claus, his practices, and his presents arise.

Examples of this. . .

This week we are working on the short e vowel sound.  We work on sounding out and spelling words together.  (Note: we have already learned the phonetic rules concerning -ck at the end of a word, doubling an l at the end of a word with a short vowel, and the -ch sound.)

Me: Let's spell red.
Them:  Oooh, oooh, Santa Claus wears red!  And red is one of the Christmas colors!


Me:  Now how about bell?
Them:  Rudolph wears a bell!  He does!  And sometimes Santa rings a bell.  And there are bells on my Christmas tree at home!


Me: Let's try to sound out and then write the word check.
Them:  Oooh!  Oooh!  Santa Claus makes a list.  And then he checks it.  Twice.


Me:  Okay, how about deck.  First let's sound it out.  Now let's spell it together.
Them:  Deck!  Deck!  Deck the halls with boughs of holly!!!

I love that they are so joyful about Christmas.  I'm just a little frightened of what three weeks of this will do to me.  And them.
;)

6 Year Olds and the Pilgrims

Me: What ship did the Pilgrims sail on?

Child 1: The Pilflower.

Child 2: The Maybutterfly.

Me: Sigh.

Beautiful!

This actually happened to me today.  I'm not making this up.  One of my little guys had a rough start.  He had both behavioral and academic issues.  But he's turned it all around!  He is an amazing student and sweet as can be.  Some people attribute this to my influence.  I say it couldn't have happened without him making a conscious choice.  (Just to give you background).  So here's what happened:

Little Guy signals me from across the room and motions for me to come over.

Little Guy: I have a song for you.  I made it just for you.  It's from me for you.

Me: Okay.  You can sing it.

Little Guy sings (very seriously and sincerely): You are so beautiful---to me!  You are so beautiful---to me!

It was the cutest thing ever.  I felt the urge to both laugh and cry.  But instead I mustered all the control I have, hugged him, and praised him.  It's moments like those that I feel like a million bucks (makes up for the teacher's salary, right?).  I am so blessed to be surrounded by this joy.

Words of Wisdom from 6 Year Olds

Little Girl: "Leaves are just like people.  They die."

Little Boy:  "But leaves grow back."