So this week in school we are reading several different versions of the Gingerbread Man. Gingerbread Boy, Gingerbread Girl and several variations.
After reading all of these stories we have done Venn Diagrams to compare and contrast the different stories. We have also been talking over the past several months about genres and what is real and what is fantasy.
This little boy totally made me smile. I am reading one on one with him and he leans over to me and whispers:
Boy: Mrs. Allen?
Me: Yes ______
Boy: Do you know why this story is fantasy and isn't real?
Me: Yes! I would love to hear.
Boy: Well, gingerbread men could really be magic and walk around.... but... animals can't talk.... So I know that this story couldn't really happen.
Me: (Not knowing what to say and trying not to smile too big) _____ great job! Those are good detecting skills!
The way he said it and the look on his face was so priceless. What would life be like if we truly believed in magical things?
The PTO came and did a Santa Shop where the kids could come pick out a small gift to give to their parents for Christmas. They had a santa come in to the gym and talk to the kids as they were picking their gifts. My second graders are a little skeptical of santa right now but a couple of kindergarten kids that I also work with ran up to me, Mrs. Allen, Mrs. Allen! Santa is HERE!!! Can you go outside and see if his raindeer are hiding behind the playground. We couldn't see them. They were so excited to see santa. The REAL one, yet so sad they couldn't see a raiindeer. I got a laugh out of that one too.
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