5 year olds

i'm really enjoying getting to know my new class. it only takes me a few days to figure most of them out. i love to listen to their conversations with one another as they get to know their classmates. unlike adults, they skip past the small talk and get right down to playing and being best friends. they don't even care to know each other's names that much, they don't really find that important. as long as that person is available to go on the slide with them at recess or build a castle with them in our blocks center-that's all that matters. i wish it was that easy as adults!

on wednesday i was sitting with a small group of kids and they were gluing green dyed noodles onto a piece of paper with their name on it. this was the first time we experimented with glue. i have this sweet boy in my class this year with the most southern accent i have ever heard on a five year old. as he was gluing his noodles down he got some glue on his fingers. he was intrigued by the drying glue on his finger-and made this statement (imagine it in a true southern accent). "ms. halsey, this glue dries on my fingers like boogers do."

lol...3 days later it still makes me laugh!