Skinny Sweatshirts and Toads

It’s been awhile since I’ve posted a blog post, and even longer since I’ve written one about my kids, so, for your reading pleasure, here are some of the things my kids have said recently!

One cold morning before ESL (English as a Second Language) started; a grade 5 student: “Miss Nutt, these seats are cold. I think we should buy new furniture that is warm and fuzzy!” (I’m sure that’s very high on the school admin’s list of things to get done and spend money on…)

Grade 2 student: “I’m peckish for biscuits.” (Not gonna lie, I had to look up what peckish meant! It’s the British way of saying hungry, if you’re wondering, and was one of the kids’ spelling words that week.)

Grade 2 student: “I can hold my breath and stay underwater for 20 minutes!”

Grade 2 student: “I’m lucky I can hear—one time I cut my ear!” (As he was waving a pair of scissors around his face.)

Grade 2 student: “Can we take this home for homework? I LOVE homework! I do my maths homework really slow so it lasts longer!" (I’m such a mean teacher, I don’t let them have homework in ESL! Haha, that is because I only see each class twice a week, and if they took something home for homework, I would never see it again!)

Grade 4 student: “I’ll tell the teacher that you guys are having a situation.” (Not sure what the “situation” was, but it sounded serious. J )

And my personal favourite, from a grade 4 boy: “Why do teachers always wear those skinny sweatshirts?” (That would be, cardigans. It took me several minutes to figure out what on earth he was talking about!)

I'll leave you with this picture of a toad in a jar, which one of the kids brought to their class White Elephant gift exchange just before Christmas. (Because who DOESN'T want a toad...especially if it's conveniently contained in a jar?!)