This week in preschool we are learning all about mud and rocks! So what better way to discover rocks than to go out and get some to look at and explore!?!
That's what we did, my class and I went on a Rock Hunt!
It was really nothing special, just a walk along the river trail. . . . trying to keep the children from toppling into the rushing abyss. . . .no biggie!
On our walk we found A LOT of rocks! The kids were excited, I was excited. We also found some other things along the trail, like dog poop. . . not so excitied.
As our little line of explorers plodded along we passed and were passed by several different people. A woman with her dog, three female joggers, a family with a couple kids, some grandparents, none of these people caught the childrens attention at all. . . .until he came along. He was a nice looking gentleman who was maybe around forty years old and he was jogging with a friend. There was nothing wrong with this guy, he wasn't funny looking or overweight he just looked like a regular guy! There was just one little problem, he wasn't wearing a shirt. "No big deal?" you say. Hmmm. Really big deal for preschoolers. They all stopped dead in their tracks and stared as he approached and then, as he started to pass them, the comments started. "Ewwww!!!!" They called in unison. "He don't got a shirt on! That's dibusting"! one boy cried. "So gross" called others, "put your shirt on dude"! My fellow teacher and I tried to quiet them, but there's just no way to shhh 22 four real olds yelling "ewwwww" in unison. . . it CAN'T be done! We might as well have been trying to dam up that river with toothpicks for all the good our shhhing was doing. So we gave up, we stood in silence, heads down, until he passed, and then. . . . we started to laugh.
Forgive us Mr. Stranger if we made you feel bad but what can I say? Kids are honest. Really, really, honest.
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