The Things Kids Say
There are so many books about the things kids say- so I thought I might write down some of the things I have heard children say. Please feel free to contribute!
During my first Prac for uni ever (I had been in the classroom for three days) when a child began talking about twins. I asked him if he was a twin with his brother and he replied that he wasn't because his brother was bigger than him. At the time I was on prac with a very good friend of mine who is Indian (with very brown skin). I asked if she and I could be twins. He stopped for a moment and looked at us then with a look of absolute scorn on his face (as though we were that most simplistic creatures on the planet) and replied "No you cant be twins" then looked at me and said "your hands are bigger than hers"
When my sister was younger my grandmother had some Nigerian students boarding with her. Erin never voluntarily spoke to anyone as a baby but she walked right up to one of the students looked into his face and in a very clear voice said: "You have black eyes"
I was listening to a child in my class a few days ago and I heard him singing a song that says: "This is the day, this is the day, this is the day that the Lord has made". I told him that I knew that song too and he cried out loudly: "DO YOU KNOW GOD TOO!!!" I replied that I did and he decided that I needed to have my theology tested and asked me if I knew the Devil too. I said that I had heard of him so he asked if the Devil was good or bad. I think I passed his test as he went home and declared to everyone that I was Jesus' friend too.
My mother was in a shopping centre and a child was alone and crying. Mam walked up to her, crouched down to her level and asked in a gentle voice if she was lost. She stopped crying, looked at mam and said in a very clear voice: "Actually no, my mummy is".
There was a report during Easter during which the reporter asked some children what happens at Easter. They got the normal replies of chocolate, easter bunny etc. but one savvy child responded that "At Easter time, they put Jesus on a Cross high up on a hill so that he could see all his people"
During my first Prac for uni ever (I had been in the classroom for three days) when a child began talking about twins. I asked him if he was a twin with his brother and he replied that he wasn't because his brother was bigger than him. At the time I was on prac with a very good friend of mine who is Indian (with very brown skin). I asked if she and I could be twins. He stopped for a moment and looked at us then with a look of absolute scorn on his face (as though we were that most simplistic creatures on the planet) and replied "No you cant be twins" then looked at me and said "your hands are bigger than hers"
When my sister was younger my grandmother had some Nigerian students boarding with her. Erin never voluntarily spoke to anyone as a baby but she walked right up to one of the students looked into his face and in a very clear voice said: "You have black eyes"
I was listening to a child in my class a few days ago and I heard him singing a song that says: "This is the day, this is the day, this is the day that the Lord has made". I told him that I knew that song too and he cried out loudly: "DO YOU KNOW GOD TOO!!!" I replied that I did and he decided that I needed to have my theology tested and asked me if I knew the Devil too. I said that I had heard of him so he asked if the Devil was good or bad. I think I passed his test as he went home and declared to everyone that I was Jesus' friend too.
My mother was in a shopping centre and a child was alone and crying. Mam walked up to her, crouched down to her level and asked in a gentle voice if she was lost. She stopped crying, looked at mam and said in a very clear voice: "Actually no, my mummy is".
There was a report during Easter during which the reporter asked some children what happens at Easter. They got the normal replies of chocolate, easter bunny etc. but one savvy child responded that "At Easter time, they put Jesus on a Cross high up on a hill so that he could see all his people"
posted by Mel M at Thursday, June 21, 2007
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