So are you all as excited about the Summer Olympics as I am? I love them! I've pretty much been glued to my TV the past few days watching swimming and gymnastics and soccer...not to mention David Beckham, James Bond and the Queen!
And it got me thinking--I could have been an Olympic Athlete. Except I usually want to die after just 1 Zumba class. But if there were such a thing as Kindergarten Teacher Olympics...I would be on that podium for sure!
So here are just a few of the events I think we would all qualify for...
What's you record? Once, I laminated enough to stretch all the way down the kindergarten hallway! And then I cut it all out. Yeah--I got a blister. But I'm dedicated that way.
Don't laugh. This takes talent! It's just as much of a "sport" as some of the real Olympic events. (I won't mention specifics, but if you can be more out of shape than me and still win a gold medal, it's not really a sport.)
Because when we need to, we can get somewhere really fast...using our walking feet...possibly pulling a 6 year-old with a bloody nose behind us. Let's see Usain Bolt pull that off (in cute shoes).
So the Olympic version includes pistol shooting, fencing, swimming, horse jumping and running. The kindergarten version includes putting a band-aid on a skinned knee, tying a shoe, breaking up a fight, finishing your lunch, and monitoring 100 or so kids on the playground. But we do all 5 events at the same time--SUCKAS!
This is the premier event. Kindergarten teachers can go for hours without using the bathroom. And we should get difficulty points, because we're usually drinking a Sonic Route 44 Diet Coke while doing it.
So, in honor of all of the incredible US athletes competing in the Olympics, and in honor of all of us Kinder Teachers--who compete in our very own sort of Olympics every day, I say....
So what events do you think should be added to the Kindergarten Teacher Olympics? I'll bring it up to the IKOC (International Kindergarten Olympics Committee).
You forgot part of the bloody kid thing, I can do that with khaki pants, white shoes and a white shirt and not wear a speck of blood.
Another event with Special Needs kids? The ability to talk calmly with your teaching partner while reassuring the child you are restraining without breaking a sweat and timing the whole thing at the same time.
Posted by: Christy | 07/29/2012 at 12:03 PM
Definitely an event for speed shoe tying.
And a peripheral vision event- ability to stop some catastrophe in record time when t seen out of the corner of your eye:)
Posted by: nvaille | 07/29/2012 at 02:30 PM
Love, love, love this post!!!!
Camille
An Open Door
Posted by: Camille Johnson | 07/29/2012 at 03:26 PM
Seeing a kids face and getting to the trash can and bringing it to that kid before they get sick all over the table, their neighbor, your materials and the floor!!
Posted by: Kristina | 07/29/2012 at 07:54 PM
Don't forget walking backwards during the first two weeks of school---so that you can make sure to keep the kids in that thing called "a line".
LOVE your whole post today!! :)
Liesl
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http://wildworldofkindergarten.blogspot.com/
Posted by: Liesl | 07/29/2012 at 08:14 PM
Laughed so hard...
Posted by: Laral from Little Miss Kindergarten | 07/29/2012 at 09:54 PM
Hillarious! I once was singing the song, "The ants go marching three by three..." and I forgot the words! My mind was thinking of the first rhyming words I could. What came to mind? "three, pee...Man, I gotta GO!"
Posted by: Suzanne | 07/29/2012 at 09:56 PM
Bahahaha! Excellent!
I think you mentioned all the best talents! We are quite talented, aren't we? :)
-Carol
Mrs. Cobb's Kinder Sprouts
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Posted by: Carol | 07/30/2012 at 11:34 AM
Ha, ha, ha, . . . I love your post. Certainly we all can relate to what K-teachers have to endure.
Fawn
Posted by: Fawn Chan | 07/31/2012 at 06:43 PM
Great posts! Got some more...
Kindergarten Teachers can calmly restrain themselves from screaming out in absolute frustration when THE child continues to call your name (or mom, or teacher) and tap them continuously to tell you something "very important" (NOT) "Teacher, I got a booboo - look!." (as the child pulls the bandaid off!
Kindergarten Teachers can understand every bit of writing for each emergent writer including identifying the author of such work while carefully considering what each child need to grow as a writer...even if there are only four marks on the paper!
Kindergarten Teachers can teach children what it means to stand in line, get the entire class in a line AND assure that no one gets hurt!
Posted by: Rita | 08/01/2012 at 06:52 AM
Always a pleasure to read your blog, funny and insightful at the same time! Your kids must adore you.
Posted by: Chloe | 08/03/2012 at 10:52 AM
I love this! Thanks so much...and I thought I was the only one who balanced the glue! Sometimes I have kids with a little too much energy monitor the glue bottles...it seems to calm them down =)
Posted by: Casey | 08/04/2012 at 08:50 PM
I just got switched to Kindergarten from teaching 1st grade for the last 10 years. I'm guessing I'll do ok... I'm a pro at the Kindergarten Olympic Events already! (Especially the glue and blisters from marathon laminating.) Thanks for sharing your ideas!
Posted by: Shelly | 08/10/2012 at 10:50 PM
These are hilarious! Great post!
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Love the lamintating bit...my school laminator broke last week just as I walked in with a basket chock full of file folder game pieces I'd spent two weeks coloring and cutting out. I hated that laminator, but even that was better than hand laminating everything!
Posted by: Kathryn | 02/28/2013 at 12:46 PM