Quirky Quips & Sewing Snips
After reading my, Cruella, story on, The Grownups Wanted Us Dead, my sister Caryl commented that the Cruella head worked fine during the day, but it didn’t keep the kids from coming into my room at night to sleep with me. Actually, the only kid that came into my room [...]
For those that do not know: my sister, Caryl, has “rules.” One of her rules is, If I call you, you don’t say ‘what?’ or ‘coming.’ You show up — now. She also, always, had a house full of kids — her own, the neighbor’s, and a whole twittering Blue [...]
To those who envy my patience: I earned mine the hard way. Get your own. To those who marvel at my ability to out think the kids: They’re only ten …. I have several years worth of experience on them (though not necessarily maturity, and that is the true secret [...]
Silent Sustained Reading is supposed to be silent, and everyone in the classroom, including the teacher, is supposed to be reading his or her book of choice. Patrick is struggling with the concept. Me: Patrick, please be quiet. Patrick: Yes, Miss. Me [several minutes later]: Patrick — please be quiet! [...]
In my classroom kids always have choices. For instance: they can stop taping their pencils or I can throw their fingers away. Every year the first time I offer these choices to a child some fool always asks, “How are you going to throw my fingers away?” I stop, focus [...]