Yesterday was my husband's birthday and, because I am a talker, I talked about this special day in our family with my Kindergartners. Now, when it is someone's birthday, a little mind and little hands get busy! Immediately, they wanted to scratch our math and reading lessons and devote the whole day to making him a card. Cognisant of our curriculum map, I had to squash their requests at that moment, but I did put some paper and markers out for their free time.
Now these little ones know few real details about the man behind their "teach". Here is their breadth of knowledge: Mr. T is a scientist. Mr. T stands with his hands in his pockets. Mr. T loves cheese puffs. Mr. T clicks his fingers and it annoys Mrs. T. Mr. T likes snow leopards. It is very hilarious to me how little comments I make during snack time and in passing make such an impression, obviously sticking with these little ones. I would love crawl inside their minds for a moment to see their real perception of him!
At any rate, the students did put their meager knowledge of Mr. T together to make him a wonderful birthday card. It was quite the popular lab station for the day. I feel as though I cannot give justice to the result with my words, and thus am including the picture. Behold, Kindergartners' card for a scientist:
Germs. Yes, those are germs drawn on the card. And mold. Yes, that is mold. Germs and mold drawn for the scientist, because that is what he loves, right? They were so excited, literally jumping up and down. "Won't he love my germs?" "Look at that mold. I know he likes mold because he is a scientist!"
So . . . freaking . . . cute!
1 comment:
This is absolutely priceless! Happy ICLW, and thank you for your comment over at my blog. Means a lot that you'd take the time.
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