I was in class with our kindergartner last week, cross-legged on the floor mat in front of her teacher.
Sophie is learning to spell. She is starting with her name. Seems like a good place to begin.
Teacher: If you have an R in your name, you can now go and play.
Kids pile off the mat leaving 9 or so children.
Sophie (starts spelling her name on her fingers). I don't have an R.
Teacher: (Catches her eye) No you don't, Sophie. Pause. If you have an A in your name, you can go off to play.
More kids pile off the mat, leaving just a handful of classmates.
Sophie (despite having done it, oh, 40 seconds earlier, spells off her name again on her fingers; looks up). I don't have an A.
Teacher: If you have an S in your name, you can go and play.
Sophie (beaming) I have an S!
Me? I was silently cracking up.
3 comments:
Very cute! She's such a smarty pants!
Perfect story. Loved it.
Dave - could of been one of yours. Thought that as I adopted your script format . Hope I wrote it as well, though.
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