Happy Easter... And Some Big News

We had lots of Easter fun this past week!  

"Egg Hunt" - there is no Easter because it is considered a public school - blah
      Anyway, I had parents bring in eggs filled with candy, and as with each sets of new students every year you get new set of parents so I was not sure what the outcome was going to be.  I have to say that I was very impressed, and they did not disappoint.  Each students ended up collected about 25 eggs a piece (yeah that's a lot).  I debated over and over how I wanted to conduct the hunt in order to make sure that everyone got the same amount of eggs, and to top it all off Friday was a very wet day or the playground.  I decided to number each of the eggs, and then assign each of the students a number.  They had the number tapes to their hand, and when we went on the hunt they could only gather eggs with their number.  Not only did this make it fair, but it also put a little learning into it (without them even realizing it of course).  The class and I decided the a little water wasn't going to hurt us, and we headed outside for our egg hunt.  Finding the specific numbers made it last longer as well, and I think everyone had a really great time.  We had cupcake that afternoon so all the goodies went home for them to add to their Easter candy collection.

      The thing that I love most about a holiday I the day when we com back when they all have stories to share.  I always make sure I give them each a chance to share what they did on their holiday with the class,  and many of them told about their egg hunt adventures, their visits to the Easter bunny, and gathering with friends and families.
      Later in the morning when the students were at centers I heard a couple of them talking about the "Easter Bunny" and could not resist writing down their conversation...

     "Did you know the Easter bunny that I saw was not real?"
     "Yeah, I know, he was just in a costume."
     "I saw his neck when I was sitting on his lap, and that's how I knew he wasn't a real bunny."
     "The Easter bunny doesn't even talk, he just waves!"

   Anther girl who was sitting by listening, but not quite convinced finally joined in.
      "Oh no, the Easter bunny doesn't talk?  That's bad!"
   She was so shocked, and I am sure her parents will have to do some explaining tonight.

The Big News...

         I also found out on Friday that at the end of this school year the state will be shutting down my classroom (boohoo).  We all knew that GA pre-k was cutting costs, and I guess this was one way they decided to do it.  My director is in the process of looking for a school for me to transfer to, but in the mean time if anyone knows of any elementary teaching jobs (haha) please let me know!

From The Mouths of Babes...

 This week is spring break, and so far I have not gotten much relaxing done between school work, and the electric being out for 14 hours causing me to clean and work on lesson plans.  Oh well, why complain when it could be worse.  However, since I'm not at school I didn't have much to write about so I thought I would share some of the quotes from past students that made me want to start this blog in the first place.  The thing I love about teaching is that just about everyday I my students make me laugh.  Here are some examples...

My first year teaching I had a girl in my class who had two older brothers.  Her brother enjoyed playing guitar hero, and she would often sit in the room and watch.  This led to her constantly singing Guitar hero songs in the classroom, and her favorite was Eye of the Tiger.  One day she was singing the song, and right in the middle she stopped and said, "Ms. Lisa, do you know why the song is called I Owe the Tiger?" I said, "well I think that it is called Eye of the Tiger."  To this she replied, "No, it is called I Owe the Tiger because someone owes the tiger money." all I could say was, "No, I did not know that."

Last year I had a students that after seeing a picture of my husband on my cell phone she decided she was in love with him.  She told me, "Ms. Lisa I am going to get married to you husband." I told her, "But he is already married to me." She then looked at me like she was going to cry and said, "But I love him!" 

It is things like this that make the noise, arguing, and tying shoes all day seem like not such a big deal.

One last thing I wanted to post is a video that is pretty old so I am sure a lot of people have seen it, however, it makes me laugh every time.  If you are having a bad day it will turn right around when you hear this little boy, and watch the facial expression that go along with it.  click here to watch    

Sorry I didn't have much to say, but I am going to get back to enjoying my spring break.  Next week we will be talking about bugs so I am sure there will be some interesting things to share...

Lisa