In all three of our preschool classrooms, we still have the old school CD/cassette players that my generation & the generation behind me grew up with. But, nobody has them anymore nor does any store still sell them anymore. They are officially a thing of the past. Yet, our school has not updated our D.J. equipment yet.
For music, the teacher has to use my D.J. equipment for the CD player and the other preschool teacher's D.J. equipment for the cassette player. This means, we use two boom boxes for preschool music class. Sad, but true...and a royal pain in the 'you know what'!
Before music class last week, one of my afternoon boys points to my 'boom box' (which was sitting on the floor next to me) and says in a serious/concerned tone, "Ms. Rich-or-son, that's the biggest boom box I ever seen." When our music teacher entered our room he said the same thing to her.
He's right! Who on Earth still has a boom box that plays CDs and cassettes? Where is the ipod and docking station?
Sunday, March 3, 2013
Thursday, January 10, 2013
Preschool Murder Mystery
Over Christmas Break I noticed 2 of my 3 dolls were missing from the housekeeping area where they are normally kept. I took a quick look through things, but did not find them.
Fast forward to this morning...
Before school, I told my aide, Mrs. Brown, about the missing dolls to find out if maybe she put them away or knew where they might be hiding. It was a mystery to her too.
The students came into class and sat on their carpet squares. We did our usual morning routine - talked about the schedule for the day, did calendar, weather, share, and then story time. While I'm sitting at the front of the circle reading All You Need For a Snowman I notice Mrs. Brown hidden on her hands and knees behind the housekeeping furniture looking through the cupboards, etc. I assume she is looking for the missing dolls and continue reading thinking nothing of it...UNTIL her head and her finger pop up above the child size stove and are facing right at me. On Mrs. Brown's face is a look of shock and horror! On top of her finger is THE HEAD to the only doll who is still accounted for! I immediately cracked up laughing, to the point of tears, while my students sat and looked at me like I was the crazy person because they had their backs to Mrs. Brown and did not know what was behind them.
Later this morning, I noticed sitting on top of my filing cabinet, tucked in nice and cozy next to my printer, is the doll...with its head sitting next to its body, which immediately brought back the giggles. Throughout the rest of the day, Mrs. Brown and I told all of the other preschool staff to go see what was sitting next to my printer. A few seconds later we'd hear that person laughing out loud to themselves.
I'm laughing, with tears running down my face, as I write this and remember.
It was like something out of a vintage horror movie.
Fast forward to this morning...
Before school, I told my aide, Mrs. Brown, about the missing dolls to find out if maybe she put them away or knew where they might be hiding. It was a mystery to her too.
The students came into class and sat on their carpet squares. We did our usual morning routine - talked about the schedule for the day, did calendar, weather, share, and then story time. While I'm sitting at the front of the circle reading All You Need For a Snowman I notice Mrs. Brown hidden on her hands and knees behind the housekeeping furniture looking through the cupboards, etc. I assume she is looking for the missing dolls and continue reading thinking nothing of it...UNTIL her head and her finger pop up above the child size stove and are facing right at me. On Mrs. Brown's face is a look of shock and horror! On top of her finger is THE HEAD to the only doll who is still accounted for! I immediately cracked up laughing, to the point of tears, while my students sat and looked at me like I was the crazy person because they had their backs to Mrs. Brown and did not know what was behind them.
Later this morning, I noticed sitting on top of my filing cabinet, tucked in nice and cozy next to my printer, is the doll...with its head sitting next to its body, which immediately brought back the giggles. Throughout the rest of the day, Mrs. Brown and I told all of the other preschool staff to go see what was sitting next to my printer. A few seconds later we'd hear that person laughing out loud to themselves.
I'm laughing, with tears running down my face, as I write this and remember.
It was like something out of a vintage horror movie.
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