What sound does a worm make? Yesterday, I learned the answer to that question.
It screams. High-pitched, small child voice screams. At the absolute top of its lungs. Now multiply that times 11, because that’s how many children I inadvertently caused to make such a noise.
I had a little bit of time to kill in my Kindergarten class. It’s our “fun day” and the schedule says class activities. They kept requesting to play “The thumb game” which is Heads up 7-up for those of you who may know it….but yeah they only like the game because they refuse to play correctly and it ends up being unrestrained chaos. I try to keep the chaos to a minimum if I can help it.
Obviously, that doesn’t always happen.
So I went with Simon says….ultimate teacher that I am ;) I know it’s a great vocabulary exercise for them AND I get to dictate what they do.
So we go through the usual touch this part, touch that part, jump this many times, turn around, blah, blah, blah. I’m out of ideas. Dangerous; even a second of down time equals running around the room in circles OR even worse, the lets attach ourselves to the teacher’s legs and try to climb up her torso competition.
Yes, that happens daily.
And I can see them inching closer to me, vying for the best climbing position.
Animal noises! Yes, we can do animal noises! Make the noise of a lion! Roars erupt. I get clawed by one sneaky one, not sure who but that really hurt...ok something more tame. Dog! Make the noise of a dog! Yes, no scratching! Success! Ok, now they’re really loud….and getting closer….danger! What’s something quiet? ummmmmm WORM! Make the sound of a worm! I don’t know where the hell I got worm from but I was hoping for at least some confusion.
No such luck.
Instantly, I got 11 SCREAMING children. WTF??!?! Worms scream??? Really??? How do I make this stop? No really, make this stop! WHY ARE THEY SCREAMING?!?
It was so loud that two other teachers come rushing to make sure everything is ok. The distraction of another teacher entering the room gets a few of them to stop.
But then they start again. Of course, because their friends are still making the loud noise and it got an awesome response from the teacher!
So, apparently worms scream. As soon as they stopped, I collapsed in a fit of laughter to the point of tears. And the kids get to attach themselves to my legs, arms, and anything else they can grab.
They win again. Worms scream.
Mental note: Never making that mistake again.
