He was selfish... or so fast.

Yesterday at lunch, one of my preschoolers (child 1) took a very large portion of oranges (our lunches are family style serving and for the most part our kids serve themselves). He easily took 1/4 of what was there and we had 7 kids left to take from the supply. I couldn't make him put them back but I talked to him about how that wasn't fair to the rest of the kids. Well, lunch went on and before I knew it, without asking, "child 1" had taken a second serving of oranges-this time cleaning the bowl. "Child 2" asked for seconds on the oranges and I when I went to pass him the bowl I saw it was empty. Before I said anything "child 1" proudly admitted to cleaning the bowl. I looked at him and said, "because you took all the oranges, nobody else can eat any more. You were selfish to take that many." Child 2: "Yeah, yeah. He was so fast. And now there's none for any of us. "

Overheard in the preschool classroom...

"I don't think my boots work on the stairs."

"My front teeth are long and sharp. Long like a snake."

Child: "I think my mom needs to get a new Christmas tree. Last year ours fired up."
Me: "yikes! Did anything else in your house catch fire?"
Child: "Nope. The tree just fired up one night. Nothing else. I slept right through it."

Sweetheart

One of the boys in my class has a little sister that he calls "KK." The other day one of the assistant teachers in my room asked him what his sister's real name was. He thought for a minute and then very seriously stated: "KK's real name is 'sweetheart.'''