I teach kindergarten. We do calendar every morning, and for the weather I send 2 kids outside to "brave the elements" then report the forecast. This one little boy began to cry when I didn’t pick him. I asked him what the problem was and he stated that he has never seen an elephant and that I never call on him to brave the elephants. IMMD
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A friend of mine read this, and then shared this tidbit from their life:
“Very cute – I have a true life story of my own along these lines. When my daughter was little and it was time for her nap, she wanted to sleep on the floor in her new sleeping bag. It was winter and I told her I didn’t want her on the floor because there might be a draft. She told her dad that night that she was afraid of going to bed because a giraffe might come into her room and get her.”
Awwwww! I hope he’s not disappointed when he is chosen and doesn’t seen an elephant!
Was he one of the “special” kids?
Little kids really do come up with the *best* stuff. Love it.
You need to practice your diction more. Apart from that, kids say the best things.
Have him watch Dumbo a few times and he will be ready to brave the elephants when he is legal to drink.
anything that isn’t related to elephants in irrelevant
This is the cutest thing ever!
Also, @Kirsten- he misheard, and he’s five. Just because he misheard doesn’t mean that he is “SPECIAL”. Please, don’t day dumb things like that.
Reminds me of a story they tell about me.
When I was Three, my family went to Carlsbad Caverns. They told us kids that when we got to the bottom, we would take the elevators back up. I got scared at the bottom, and the adults thought it was the caverns. Then, they tried to help by telling me, “Ok, let’s get to the elevators.” I LOST it, started screaming and crying. We were back on the surface and in the car before they got me calm enough to realize I thought they said “alligators.”