Working on colors with a very young boy-child with no school experience… Me: Show me green. D: Green. Me:  Good! Show me yellow (putting yellow and purple in front of him). D: Green. Me: That was green. Now show me yellow (pointing to yellow and purple). D:  See the TV? Me:  Yes.  Now show me yellow.…

Student at lunch: A: Boss, do I have rice in my ear? Ms. M: (checks briefly for offending rice particle) Ummmm… nope…?

S: C’mon Ms. M.–Rock your cape. So I did.

Ms. M: D. please get to work. D: Okay.  Can I work and talk at the same time? Ms. M: I don’t know, I’m not sure I’ve ever seen you do it. D:  True.  Can I try?                       

Waiting for breakfast to arrive… Ms. M: Is breakie here yet? M.: No, but the Doom Kittens are invading. Ms. M:  (very brief pause–almost indiscernible) Okay then, go ahead and wait in here.

D. is working on an independent project that requires him to stretch a piece of vinyl across a square shape.  One of the corners keeps bunching up and misbehaving. R. is following our conversation: D:  This is frustrating!  I can’t get this corner to fit into the square. Ms. M:  Are you feeling like you…

In answer to a question about where R. was this morning, and which bus he rides: “R. rides alone.” Which he totally does.

Student: “Oh….!  I still have a sandwich in my pocket.”

Question: What did Lewis and Clark travel in? Answer: The Missouri River