It’s a Child Thing: A Collection of Anecdotes about Children

Collection 1: My First Eight Months as a Toddler Teacher

Do not underestimate the power of a toddler. ;) Laugh and learn as you read the following anecdotes involving my toddler pupils!

Teacher Lei to Pupil: Ask permission first before you get biscuits from your classmate.
Pupil to Classmate: Ask permission...
Classmate: *nod*

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During Snack Time...

Child 1: May baon akong chocolates!
Child 2: Bigyan mo ako ha?
Child 1: Ayaw ko. Di kita bibigyan.
Child 2: Ayaw mo???... Sige.

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Talking about pets during Meeting Time...

Me: What pets do you have at home?
Child: Monkey! (May pet monkey daw talaga sila. :D)
Me: What else?
Child: Wolf!
Me: What?
Child: Wolf!

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I am always amazed when I hear the conversations among my TWO-YEAR-OLD PUPILS...

While playing and running...
Child 1: (Shouts the name of Child 2 because she was accidentally hurt.)
Child 2: Hindi ko sinasadya... Hindi ko sinasadya 'yun...
(Child 1 looks at Child 2 as if saying, "Okay, I accept your explanation.")
At naglaro na sila ulit. :D

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My pupils, while doing their activity (pasting cutouts of number 4 and 5, and zebras, and monkeys on their notebook):

Me: Ellis, ayusin mo po yung zebra, baliktad. Mahihilo siya.
(Ellis re-pastes the zebra. Then, he pastes the number 5 cutout.)
Me: Baliktad po yung number 5, ayusin mo...
Rozwell (who sits beside Ellis): Mahihilo yung 5! :)

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While storytelling to my pupils The Three Little Pigs, I asked them to blow like the big bad wolf. And so they huffed and they puffed... and blew saliva on my face! :|
Eewy but funny. :D

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A random conversation with my 'healthy' pupil

Me to pupil: (While hugging him) Bawasan mo na 'yung kinakain mo ha...
Miss Ana to pupil: Jogging jogging ka dapat...
Me: Oo, mag-jogging ka dapat para pumayat...
Pupil: Sabi ni Mommy, paglaki ko na lang daw.

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One of my pupils cut his hair by himself. I asked him why he did it, he said "para nice..."

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I love how children express what they want to say. :)
One of my pupils asked me a while ago, "Teacher, wala na ikaw sick?"
At first I did not understand what she meant and then I remembered that I was absent yesterday morning because I was not feeling well. (She knew I was sick because her mom called me up yesterday and I mentioned that I was not feeling well.)

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We were talking about the life stages of butterflies a while ago in my Toddlers Class...

Me: Butterflies come from eggs. How about you? Where did you come from? (To make sure that everyone understood my question, I translated it in Filipino.) SAAN KAYO GALING?
Smart, cute child: Sa bahay! ;)