We all wear UNDERWEAR!!!
The last month or so the Ak kids have been obsessed with underwear. Now that we are daily averaging over 80 degree the winter necessity of wearing layers of clothing has disappeared. No longer are the kids wearing 3 to 5 layers to school. ( We used to have a contest during opening to see who was wearing the most layers.) Instead, their shorts, skirts and dresses have been pulled out of the closet.
Which brings us to the underwear issue. We sit on the floor. If you are wearing baggy shorts, dress or a skirt we all get to see your underwear. Now, being kids every time one of them sees someone's underwear they start laughing uncontrollably and point out to everyone that someone's underwear is showing. At this point the "someone" start to pout and glaring at the Aker who pointed out their underwear to the whole class. Very annoying for the teacher, especial after it has happened three times in 10 minutes.
Finally I couldn't handle it any longer and one day at the end of class we had a talk about underwear and how it wasn't yucky. Jessica, my co-teacher in AK, must of thought I was crazy as I announced to the class that, "Everyone wears underwear!" I then went on to describing different colors of underwear you can wear; red, blue, orange, etc. You can even have cartoons on your underwear you can wear Doreamon underwear. (I unfortunately do not own a pair of Doreamon underwear, so sad.)
I think my inspiration for the above conversation came from the book, Everyone Poops. That book was a daily staple when I taught a 3 year old preschool class. I still remember my favorite part of the book. "A one-hump camel makes a one-hump poop, And a two-hump camel makes a two-hump poop. Only kidding!" I can't believe I miss that book but I do!
We then discussed the etiquette of letting someone know that you can see their underwear. You quietly whisper, "I can see your underwear." The kids' reactions was a mix of confusion(aka no idea what we were talking about due to their limited English comprehension), shock and some of them thought it was pretty darn funny. I thought the whole conversation was therapeutic and funny!
I would like to report that a few day after the above conversation one Aker leaned over to a boy wearing baggy shorts and whispered, "I can see your underwear." It was a proud moment.
Last week the idea of underwear was brought back when we read Curios George goes to the Hospital. In the book we have kids who are in a hospital (DUH!) and wearing hospital gown. Of course the back of the gowns were opening and we could see their underwear. This resulted in a lot of yelling at the book, "I CAN SEE YOUR UNDERWEAR." Whispering is a concept that has yet to catch on in AK.
I decided if they were going to obsess about underwear I would go with the flow. So in art we made injured people and then made underwear for them. If you look close you will see that their people are covered in red spots aka blood and greenish-brown spots bruises. Our theme was safety last week. Anyways back to the underwear saga. Making underwear resulted in a lot of giggling and protesting of making underwear but at the end of the day their paper people ALL WORE UNDERWEAR!!!!
Which brings us to the underwear issue. We sit on the floor. If you are wearing baggy shorts, dress or a skirt we all get to see your underwear. Now, being kids every time one of them sees someone's underwear they start laughing uncontrollably and point out to everyone that someone's underwear is showing. At this point the "someone" start to pout and glaring at the Aker who pointed out their underwear to the whole class. Very annoying for the teacher, especial after it has happened three times in 10 minutes.
Finally I couldn't handle it any longer and one day at the end of class we had a talk about underwear and how it wasn't yucky. Jessica, my co-teacher in AK, must of thought I was crazy as I announced to the class that, "Everyone wears underwear!" I then went on to describing different colors of underwear you can wear; red, blue, orange, etc. You can even have cartoons on your underwear you can wear Doreamon underwear. (I unfortunately do not own a pair of Doreamon underwear, so sad.)
I think my inspiration for the above conversation came from the book, Everyone Poops. That book was a daily staple when I taught a 3 year old preschool class. I still remember my favorite part of the book. "A one-hump camel makes a one-hump poop, And a two-hump camel makes a two-hump poop. Only kidding!" I can't believe I miss that book but I do!
We then discussed the etiquette of letting someone know that you can see their underwear. You quietly whisper, "I can see your underwear." The kids' reactions was a mix of confusion(aka no idea what we were talking about due to their limited English comprehension), shock and some of them thought it was pretty darn funny. I thought the whole conversation was therapeutic and funny!
I would like to report that a few day after the above conversation one Aker leaned over to a boy wearing baggy shorts and whispered, "I can see your underwear." It was a proud moment.
Last week the idea of underwear was brought back when we read Curios George goes to the Hospital. In the book we have kids who are in a hospital (DUH!) and wearing hospital gown. Of course the back of the gowns were opening and we could see their underwear. This resulted in a lot of yelling at the book, "I CAN SEE YOUR UNDERWEAR." Whispering is a concept that has yet to catch on in AK.
I decided if they were going to obsess about underwear I would go with the flow. So in art we made injured people and then made underwear for them. If you look close you will see that their people are covered in red spots aka blood and greenish-brown spots bruises. Our theme was safety last week. Anyways back to the underwear saga. Making underwear resulted in a lot of giggling and protesting of making underwear but at the end of the day their paper people ALL WORE UNDERWEAR!!!!
3 comments:
That's hilarious!! Underwear. How great. I can't believe how much bigger some of them look! It's crazy! I'm going to be so sad when you're not there to update me anymore. :-( My life is still up in the air. Grad school is soooo expensive I just don't know if I should do it. Anywho, can't wait 'til you get back and get a cell phone! ;-)
That is SO funny. You're a brilliant teacher, Katie!
I'm so glad that you did that with the AKers. My old roommate loves the book "Everybody Poops." You're children are going to be well educated. :)
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