Funny/Embarrassing things they say

[glatt]

another FB post from a friend, regarding a power failure:

Derek was so funny. I told him the transformers blew up and he said "ha. That's not possible. Transformers aren't real mom!"

[Griff]

Originally Posted by Clodfobble

Minifob's class did a project on poor children in Africa who can't afford shoes, including learning about the diseases and injuries that can happen.

Later, we are in Target, and we pass by a toddler in a stroller with no shoes on. Minifob points at her and shouts, "Mommy, she's going to get hookworms!"

Smart!

[Lola Bunny]

Originally Posted by Clodfobble

Minifob's class did a project on poor children in Africa who can't afford shoes, including learning about the diseases and injuries that can happen.

Later, we are in Target, and we pass by a toddler in a stroller with no shoes on. Minifob points at her and shouts, "Mommy, she's going to get hookworms!"

Did the toddler's mom hear that and if yes, how did she react to it?

[Clodfobble]

Oh she definitely heard it, everyone in a 20-foot radius heard it... but I don't know how she reacted because I immediately scurried away with him, explaining that we don't point and talk about people we don't know, no matter whether we're saying something nice/factual or not.

[footfootfoot]

"This Thursday, one toddler will out another toddler as a vector for hookworms..."

[orthodoc]

"In a city where dogs run free and toddlers go barefoot, a young girl learns the horrifying truth and speaks out ..."

[Lola Bunny]

Originally Posted by orthodoc

"In a city where dogs run free and toddlers go barefoot, a young girl learns the horrifying truth and speaks out ..."

LoL......my nephew would loudly say a woman is fat sometimes. Had to teach what NOT to say about a woman. Perhaps I should stop calling myself fat in front of him so often that he thinks it's okay to say that out loud.

[Clodfobble]

For awhile we had to make the rule for Minifob, "When someone is fat, we say, 'I like your hair.'" It really helped for him to have a replacement phrase, because he felt absolutely compelled to comment.

[Griff]

Good idea. One of my guys asked, "What's wrong with your face?" of an adult visitor last week.

[glatt]

How do you respond to that? (As a teacher and as the person with the face.)

[Clodfobble]

The kids are on a roll this week...

Minifobette is heading into her weekly social skills playgroup, and she is hopping across the floor instead of walking.

Therapist: Oh, are you hopping like a bunny?
Minifobette: No, I'm doing parkour.

[Griff]

Originally Posted by glatt

How do you respond to that? (As a teacher and as the person with the face.)

We both ignored it. If I knew her, I might have turned it into a teachable moment, but this child has real deficits in receptive language and tends to explode when he doesn't understand something. So I tend to choose my moments carefully.

[footfootfoot]

Originally Posted by Clodfobble

The kids are on a roll this week...

Minifobette is heading into her weekly social skills playgroup, and she is hopping across the floor instead of walking.

Therapist: Oh, are you hopping like a bunny?
Minifobette: No, I'm doing parkour.

That's hilarious. How old is she again?

[Clodfobble]

She's 5, about to turn 6 in April. Her exposure to parkour comes from spending time on YouTube with my stepkids (ages 15 and 12...)

[footfootfoot]

I figured it wasn't from watching The Office. That's funny.