Last week, as implied above, was slow - it was actually non-existent. I had no sub jobs and I was very bored. It's amazing how much more tedious having a week off is when you don't know you're going to have it.
Anyway, today I was back in the same kindergarten I subbed in two weeks ago, except only for the afternoon today. The kids remembered me (although they thought my name was Miss Farms until I reminded them - a very common mistake by the way). I guess you could easily associate farms with "barns"...and they do sort of sound the same when you say them with a kindergarten "accent". It was fun to see them again, and I really do like hanging out in kindergarten for the day - it's always very busy and fun.
I guess the most amusing part of the day was when the kids were bringing their library books back - both from the school library and the classroom library. Of course, they were mixing up which were which and I kept having to redirect the books to the right place. Then some wanted to check out a new classroom book but didn't have the procedure figured out. (Basically they take a card out of the back of the book and put it under their name in a big chart to check it out. When they bring it back they are supposed to get the card out of the chart and put it back in the book before picking a new book.) Lots of them were forgetting to put the card in the chart back in the book. Or they were forgetting to bring back the first book in the first place. More than one of the kids insisted that they brought their old book back even though the card was still in the chart and the book was nowhere to be seen. One girl was convinced the book she was holding was the book she was supposed to bring back - even though it was a school library book with a completely different name. And no matter how many times I repeated the name of the book she HAD versus the name of the book we were LOOKING FOR she would not be convinced. It was quite the Abbott and Costello routine at times, let me tell you!
After that it was pretty much kindergarten as usual! Here's hoping this is the start of a busier work week.
1 comment:
I like your comparison to Abbot and Costello. It does sound like a complete lack of comprehension on the part of the kindergarten student. When they are convinced they are right it's hard to change their minds. I'd never heard the "Farms - Barnes" mix-up before. Very funny. I hope your schedule will get busier for you soon. I know it's boring after a few days.
Love you!!! MOM
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