whaaaat?

Working on a direction-following activity the other day with some SDC 2nd graders.

Direction from me: Give the 2nd animal in line blue shoes.

2nd grader: Whaaat? Blue shoes? You don't really mean that, do you?

For some reason, this statement made me laugh! :) (maybe you had to be there!)

oh, the possibilities

Few students come to school on the rainy mornings. On Wednesday, only 2 out of my 3 primary SDC kiddos were in group.

"We only have 5 kids in class today!" said Jose.

"Yeah, it's really weird," said the other boy. "I wonder where they are? Maybe they're sick?"

"Nah, maybe they're chopping for pants!" said Jose (in a most wonderful Hispanic dialect!) :)

Pajama Talk

Last Thursday, I was talking to one of my upper grade SDC groups. 3rd/4th graders. I was asking them who was planning on wearing their pajamas the following day for our school's "pajama day." All 5 of the kids said they were planning on wearing their jammies. Then, they asked if I was planning on wearing my pajamas.

"Yes, I will be wearing my pajamas," I said.

"But we won't see you tomorrow," said one 3rd grader.

"Well, you could always stop by my room tomorrow if you want to," I replied--my room is right across the pod from their classroom.

"But. . .but I don't know where you live," said the 3rd grader.

Shocked, I said, "you don't need to know where I live--I meant my classroom, not my room at home!"

"Oh," he says, "I thought maybe you meant we could have a pillow fight or something."

uhhh. wow.

Last Day Before Christmas Break

Kids are always a little wonky on party days--the excitement of the break and the holidays is in the air and everybody is feeling it! And it's usually a fun day in speech.

During my social group today we were talking about unexpected behaviors and replacement behaviors. For instance, how else can we handle our anger without hitting?

To which first grader Haley replies, "Sometimes I get mad at my sister Isabella because she takes things that aren't hers and my mom doesn't get mad at her. And she's not cute. But Suzie is. Suzie is cute. Not Isabella though."


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Playing a game of Apples to Apples with my 2nd graders:

Green Apple word: stinky

Red Apple Card word/explanation: "owls. because they don't take showers and they just sit there and get all nasty and stuff."

Frog in My Throat

I recently had a cold and lost my voice. I'm still trying to recover it.

Today, one of my 2nd grade fluency boys asked me, "um, do you have a sore throat? or is something wrong with your voice box?"

In another group, a 2nd grader said to me, "What happened? Do you have a frog in your throat?" "Yes, I do have a frog in my throat."

"A real frog?" says Alex.

"No, not a real frog."

"Well, why did he say you have a frog in your throat?"

"It's just an expression. Something we say when our voice sounds scratchy."

"Well, I don't get it. Why a frog?"

Thank you, Dr.

I lost my voice yesterday and barely had a voice at work today. When my social skills group came in this morning, one of the 1st grade boys asked me, "what happened to your voice?"

To which a second grader responded (with correct pronunciation), "I think you may have laryngitis."

"Why thank you, Colin. I think you may be right!"

Overheard in a First Grade Group

Haley: I'm not gonna like 10 anymore. I'm gonna like 100 now.

Zoee: Like why? You wanna be 100?