From the mouths of babes....

So, this semester, I interned in a kindergarten class for 6 weeks, and now I am in a 3rd grade class! Here are some of the funny things my little kiddos have told me:

Kindergarten:
One of my students from Africa always lays down on the carpet when they are supposed to be sitting. So, here is a conversation we had one day:

Me- "[child's name], sit up!"
Child- doesn't move
Me- "[child's name], sit up!"
Child- sits up, with his feet underneath his bottom
Me- "Sit on your pockets." (this is what we say to get the children to sit down all the way)
Child- doesn't move
Me- "[child's name], sit on your pockets!!"
Child - "I DON'T HAVE POCKETS!!"
Me- looks at child and realizes he is wearing windpants. "That is correct. Well then, sit where your pockets would be."

Another day, I was going to teach a math lesson. One of my professors was coming to observe me, so Mrs. Scott was trying to prepare the children for that:

Mrs. Scott - "Okay, guys. Miss Anderson is going to be teaching you the math lesson today. One of HER teachers from college is coming to watch her, so you all need to be on your best behavior. Miss Anderson is trying to learn to be a teacher, so we need to help show her teacher that she is doing a good job."
(All the kids are kind of gasping and looking a little nervous)
Child - "GOD...will be with us"
Mrs. Scott - "Yes, He will."

Third Grade:

While doing a worksheet over proper and common nouns, the students were supposed to change common nouns into proper nouns (i.e. "city" would be "Abilene"). One of the common nouns was teacher. The following conversation is a boy trying to figure out how to write my name.
Child - "Miss Anderson, are you married?"
Me - "No."
Child - "Girl, why you ain't married?"
Me - "Because I'm only 21 years old."
Child - "Well, do you at least have a boyfriend?"
Me - "Yes."
Child - "Oh good" (sounding extremely relieved that I will hopefully not turn out to be an old maid)

Every morning, Mrs. Coffman plays a song for the kids to dance to to get warmed up for the day. It is usually the Cupid Shuffle or the Cha Cha Slide. I usually dance with them, of course. Here's what they said to me one day as I'm dancing:
Child - "Miss Anderson, you're studying to be a teacher, right?"
Me - "Yes maam"
Child - "So, you're going to be a teacher next year?"
Me - "That's right."
Child- "Are you going to teach here?"
Me - "I don't know. Probably not."
Child - "You should! You should teach 4th grade here and then we can all be in your class."
Me - "Well, we'll have to see."
Child -"...although, I don't know that I could take you seriously if you were my teacher."
Me - "Why's that?"
Child - "Because you're always dancing like a crazy lady!"

One day, my children were reading biographies during literacy stations time. One of my students was reading a biography that had a timeline in it. He calls me over to ask me this:
Child - "{points to the date 1946} Miss Anderson, were you born then?"
Me - "No. How old do you think I am?"
Child - "I don't know. Like 30."
Haha. These kids think I'm ancient and should be married and have kids. It's so hilarious to me! Everyone my age or older thinks I'm super young, and kids think I'm super old!

Well, as you can tell, I'm totally enjoying my internships! I love being at the schools and am looking forward to many more hilarious encounters with the kids! =)

Back to normal...

So...I thought I would stop blogging once I got back from Argentina, and for awhile (obviously) I did. Today, I decided that I wanted to update my blog. With my sister living so far away and so many "blog fans" (haha jk), I've decided I might should update this thing every once in awhile. So, two months after returning to my "normal life" in the states, here's whats going on!

I'm in my final semester of classes. I'll be student teaching next semester and then graduating in May. I'm working on all my final projects, my portfolio, and countless other assignments. On top of all that, I'm doing an internship. I get to go to a kindergarten classroom 3-4 times a week and spend time with the kids and even teach some lessons. It has been such an incredible experience! I am in a classroom of 22 children. Seven of the students are refugees from Africa and have limited English proficiency (how's that for professional language?). It has been such a joy to watch them as they adjust to the routines of school. It's hard to imagine being in school for the first time AND not understanding the language. It has challenged me and caused me to think about my future classroom and what kinds of accommodations I can make for English language learners. I'm loving every minute of it and nothing makes me more excited than when I see the lightbulb come on for one of these students!

I cannot WAIT to have a classroom of my own! It seems like such a long way off, but I know this time is going to fly by! Well, that's all for now! I know you blog readers are all excited that I'm back in cyberspace, but try not to count on this being an everyday occurrence! =)