… well, one reason is because children say such wonderful things. Four and five year olds are particularly good at coming out with comments which brighten my day. Yesterday was a long tiring Friday But there were two high spots.
We were doing a “Guided Read” – and I pointed to a question mark and said “Does anyone know what this is?”
“Oh yes, Mrs Almond, That is one of those Mystery Marks isn’t it?”
I think Mystery Marks is a fabulous name for them, don’t you?
Last week the children were looking at the story of the Owl Babies, so we asked them to find out some owl facts. Yesterday I was talking to one child about this.
ME: And do you know when owls do most of their flying?
PUPIL; Yes, at night time. And they are called noct…noct…noct….
ME; [very patiently]…Yes?
PUPIL; Noct – over !
I was particularly impressed by another child who asked me if I knew that the cassowary bird attacked humans ‘and if he kicks you it might break your leg’ I said that I did not know this fact [and did not point out that it has nothing to do with owls – I was so pleased with his obvious thirst for knowledge] I do, however, know this poem by Samuel Wilberforce [1805-1873]
If I were a cassowary
On the plains of Timbuctoo
I would eat a missionary,
Cassock, bands, and hymn-book too.
My older ones (13-18!) do things that make me smile on busy and exhausting days - like writing that you need to wear safety googles and use thongs to pick up hot test tubes! :-)
ReplyDeleteI think Safety Googles would look really cool, can I have some red ones, please. Not so sure about thongs though - I understand that in Oz, 'thongs' are what we call 'flipflops' which is even more confusing xx
ReplyDeleteIn English we're learning about rhistorical questions, which I why I was particularly delighted when J used two of them in her election speech in History on Wednesday!
ReplyDeleteAnd in New Zealand we don't wear thongs, we wear Jandals! So there!
ReplyDeleteHa ha!! I love childish mistakes and enthusiastic knowledge! X
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