Potato Chips

It was after lunch and I was teaching a small group other words for hungry (i.e, famished, starving, ravenous).

Me: Are you feeling famished?
Student: No I'm not! I just ate lunch! But I would like some junk food.
Me: Sorry, I don't have any junk food.
Student (while laughing): Oh please give me some potato chips you potato hater!

I love these kids and their random comments.   

Exciting Things at the Mall

I always ask the kids what they did over the weekend and yesterday was the Tuesday after MLK.

Me: Anyone do anything exciting over the three day weekend?

Student: Oh yes!  I had a great weekend!

Me: Oh yeah?  What did you do?

Student:  Well, I went to the mall! (he said this with such excitement)

Me:  Was there anything exciting going on at the mall this weekend?

Student!  Oh yes!  There were sales!

Well, he's right!  Sales are very exciting!  Especially in this economy.  This one made me laugh out loud!  

Looking for Love

One of my students loves Disney movies and books.  One of his favorites is The Lion King.  He carries around a book or a picture of one of the characters all the time.  When we were transitioning between activities, he is opening the Lion King book.  It seemed like he is looking for a certain page. 

Me:  What are you looking for in there?
Student:  I'm looking for love.
Me: Looking for love?

He turns to the page where the adult Simba and Nala are reunited in the forest and he starts singing...

"Can you feel the love tonight..."

My heart melted.  So adorable!  

Getting Ready for a Thanksgiving Feast

This is something a student said to me about how he is preparing for Thanksgiving.

"Ms. Sabio, there is no school on Thursday, so on Thursday I am going to wake up and take a bath because I can't be stinky for my Thanksgiving feast!!"

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! 

Your Grass is Ass

A technique to get little kids to say /r/ in isolation is pretending to growl like a ferocious animal.  So I was having this kid, age 6, growl "grrrrrr.....," prompting for correct tongue placement, etc. 

So then we moved onto words.  I would have him prolong the /gr/ and then complete the word.  So we went from grain, grapes, green, grow, and finally grass.

We're sitting there saying "grrrrrrrass," several times and he finally stops and says, "Wait!  This word has ass in it!"

My response?  "Ok! Let's start working on your /th/ sound again!"

Whoops :-) 

Working Together

I bought this new logic game, which I've been using for giving/following directions.  After solving our third puzzle together, my eight year old clients gives me a high five and says:

"I'm the brains and you're the looks."

That one literally made me laugh out loud!  

Kids Games Vs. Adult Games

While discussing expected and unexpected behaviors to do during lunch, one of my preteen clients was telling me that she "plays" during lunch.

Client:  Some expected things to do during lunch is play!
Me:  Aren't you a little old to be playing?  That's something you do in elementary school, you're in 7th grade now.  Don't you just sit and talk with you friends?
Client: Well, I mean play adult games.
Me:  What adult games do you play with your friends?  (I was afraid of what I was about to hear.)
Client:  You know, like Yu-Gi-Oh!

Her idea and my idea of adult games is VERY different, lol.