Showing posts with label kids. Show all posts
Showing posts with label kids. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 6, 2014

Kids Are Tough Cookies


As many of you know, one of my many jobs is that I am a substitute teacher. Being that I have a degree in teaching, I have to say I am pretty good at my job. So good that all of the teachers with all of the really bad kids love having me. I am strict, yet nice. And I have discipline, yet like to have fun with the kids. But really why do I have to have all of the bad kids?! Please allow me to share some of the kids I have encountered.

The one who vomited everywhere
For one vomit is gross. But I normally would not classify a vommiter as a bad kid. Excpet this one REFUSED to go to the clinic. He sat on a stool and SCREAMED for his mom. I thought he was scared he would puke again if he walked, so I offered to roll him in a chair down. Nope he did not want to go. He ran into the teachers office which connects to another classroom, and kept screaming for mom. The other teacher asked if I needed help. She got the nurse to come to us. He still refused to move. He puked again on the floor of the office and still refused to leave the classroom. 5 minutes later he ran into the room crying. When I tried to talk to him he bolted for he door where he was caught by the nurse. And never to be seen again....

The one who put soap on the water fountain
Now from the moment this kid walked into my classroom he did not want to behave for me. About half way through the morning he got in trouble for something. He then told me he was going to lock himself in the bathroom. I didn't care, I knew he would come out eventually. When he did come out he went to wash high hands at the sink with the water fountain. I look away for one second, and when I looked back he was putting hand soap in the mouth piece of the water fountain, in where the water comes out. He swore he didn't do anything. To the other classroom he went...

The one who screamed for 15 minutes
I was warned that I had screamers this day. And I was warned about this one child. Well she decided she didn't like the assignment I gave. I told her she was not allowed to do anything else, she needed to do the assignment the way I asked. She did not like that and started crying and screaming at me. Like seriously screaming at me. So loud that all the other students were complaining she was hurting their ears. The teacher next door came over and called the office. It took them forever to come down. Meanwhile the girl chased me around the classroom as I tried to help the other students with their work. 

The one who hits for no reason
You would think by 5 years old kids would know not to hit each other. Well this young man apparently does not. After already having to walk next to me because he couldn't walk in line, when I turned my back for literally two seconds he hit another student in the chest. I could even hear the pop! He went straight to the office and was never seen again....well until I had to take class pictures for the second time!

The one who said her name was squirrel
She was in middle school. And I know I was totally her when I was her age. But when I went through attendance she said she went by "squirrel". How obnoxious!? She goofed off all class and could not be trusted. I mean come on, I am not 89. It wasn't even 10 years ago I was sitting there. And I'm nice to you if your nice to me. I had her again and when she finally figured this out she was much better. 

The one who knows where the devil lives
I had given the students a math assignment. I was minding my own business. 19 minutes later this child looks at me and says " the devil lives in a fire house." Um creepy much!?

The one who screams when he is rewarded
This kid scremed and cried over EVERYTHING! I ask him to be quiet? He screamed NO!  When I told him I didn't want to hear tattling (one of my big rules)? Screams and whines and says what he wanted to say to begins with. When I went to give him a point (their behvaior system) he screamed that he didn't want it. Lord have mercury child! He also had to be dragged out of the classroom screaming one day. 

Most of these cases happened on the same day!  So imagine what I need by the end of the day?  A nice hot bath!  And maybe a little more:) The craziest part is I would be back in those classrooms with those kids in a heartbeat. I love children and I love teaching (only in someone else's room). I absolutely love my job and doing what I do. Subbing is defnitely something I can see myself doing for a while even after I graduate.


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Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Why I Work With Kids

As you may already know I work in a day care at a gym (and have two more jobs coming up).  And well I am pretty sure that is the one place I will always belong.  There and in a classroom.  Seriously kids and I go together like peanut butter and jelly.

You see there are many reason why I work with kids.  And I figured you would al be DYING to know why that is.  So I will tell you.

1.  I love craft projects
Anytime we do one in the Kids Club and I am there I usually take the lead.  And if not I do one on my own.  Seriously I love arts and crafts.  I love making messes.  And I love it when I get colors all over my hands so that it proves I did something that day.


2.  I love playing games
Case in point we were trying to play the game "Mount, Knight, Carry" with the kids.  Well we needed an extra player and I jumped right in.  You can bet me and that girl won every round.  And I had a BLAST doing it.

3.  I talk to babies
I love it when I get a cute little guy or girl in my hands.  We have the best conversations.  They listen to everything and always agree with me.  And thats the way I like it:)  But seriously I find talking to babies so much fun.  How can you not smile at their facial expressions?

4.  I'm don't embarrass easy in front of kids
Kids do not judge me as much as I feel others do.  I will say and do all kinds of craziness in front of them and not have one care in the world about how I look.  They are the only people who I will dance for without having a single drink in me!


5.  I am 5 years old at heart
I love all things kids.  I love the toys, the dress up clothes, the games, and the fact that they have not a single worry in the world.  Kids make me feel like myself and I love it.  Some days I wish I could go back and be 5 again.


I really do love being around kids all the time...even if they do drive me crazy sometimes! Most of the time I just want Moms to know how awesome their kids are and that they are loved.  Really and truly I love those kiddos and would do anything for them:)

Tuesday, June 18, 2013

I Said What?!

Last Friday I shared with all of you all of the crazy things my kids have said at work.  Well today I am going to share with y'all all of the crazy things I have said at work.  Apparently Friday mornings are a bit early for me and I tend to say things without thinking...


"If you don't quiet down I am going to make you put up all of your games and sit in a circle and then....I will come up with something to make you do!"
Like I said early mornings are not my things.  For one The kids were yelling at each other in three different groups.  And I had asked them to quiet down multiple times.  So I decided to tell them if they didn't quiet down soon I was going to make them do something.  But I didn't think that far in advanced so I really had nothing to make them do...they stared at me like I was crazy.  And my coworkers laughed.

"If you keep pushing him your going to go to timeout and you won't be the captain of anything."
A brother and sister were playing on our jungle gym thing which has a little pirate like place on it.  He was standing in her way so she pushed him.  When I told her she was not allowed to do that she said she was the captain and he needed to move.  So I told her she wouldn't be the captain of anything of she kept doing that.  Pretty sure she thought I was crazy and so did my coworkers who could not stop laughing at me!

I promise you can trust your kids with me...as long as I have had some coffee and they are quiet.  But really I love my kiddos and I love that they make me say some crazy things:)

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Thursday, June 13, 2013

What Did They Say?

I work with kids just about everyday.  And I love it more than anything in world.  But it comes as no shock to anyone that those little darlings can say some of the funniest things!  And well being the good person I am, I have written down some of my favorites from this week!

"My leg hurts.  But only on this side of the room."
Our kids are separated by a half wall depending on their age.  Well this little guy was about 4 years old which meant he needed to be on the toddler/baby side.  But since we didn't have a lot of kids we were letting him go back and forth between the rooms.  I finally told him he needed to pick a side and stay there.  10 minutes later he complained his leg hurt, but only when he was on the side of the room he was in.  If he moved it would be all better.  I told him I hoped his leg felt better when he left:)

"Everyone is my slave.  And they are my slave because I am cute."
Yeah not cute 6 year old girl.  A parent was so proud their child said this to their baby sitter.  I was in shock.  My child will never be allowed to say this to anyone, and even if they did I would not encourage them to keep saying it!

"Sometimes babies don't think like us."
Said by a 9 year old girl who was sitting in the baby room trying to help.  She was telling me that babies just don't think like us right now but one day they will.  Now I am wondering what babies do think like...

"I wish I had super powers so that I could save the babies from being hurt."
The same 9 year old from above said this one.  She was so cute and I loved that she loved the babies so much that she wanted to always be able to keep them safe.  Now I wish she really did have those super powers...it would save me from a lot of stress at my job!

Oh how I love my kids and being around them.  They always have me smiling and laughing at everything they say!
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Wednesday, May 1, 2013

I'm a Smart Cookie

After deciding to join in on the "Blog Everyday In May" link-up I am already feeling inspired and happy about blogging...and it is only day 2.  Apparently it does not take a lot to make this girl happy...

So I am suppose to educate you all on something I know.  And while I could go many different routes with this one...I think I am going to get all sweet on this one.

How To Love The Obnoxious Child

Bad title? Just go with me on this one.  So if you have ever been around any groups of kids for any length of time you come to find that there is at least one obnoxious child in each group.  And that child...is my ABSOLUTE FAVORITE!

Maybe it is because I was that child growing up, but there is something about the obnoxious child that I just love.  And usually they are the ones who need the love the most.  See there are reasons they are obnoxious and crave attention.

Typically they do not have the best home life or by the time I get to the kid the teachers have already given up on them.  So I love on them.

It's really quite a simple process.
Step 1: Talk to the kid
Step 2: Take interest and what they are saying and what they like to do
Step 3: Repeat steps 1&2 every time you see the kid

Honestly just this simple gesture of listening and taking interest in a kid will make them feel more loved than anything.  If you think about it, we all work that way.  And sometimes you simply taking your time to do this will change that obnoxious child into one of the best.

So if you work with kids or are ever around them, find the one others seem to steer clear of and show them a little lovin!
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