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We Like to Move It, Move It

The fun thing about kindergarten is they have boundless energy.  The hard thing about kindergarten is they have boundless energy.  (True story: if they don't get up, move around and act silly the first thing we do is check their temp.  Because my people are ready to sing and dance at the drop of a hat.  I guess it should be drop of a pencil since we never drop hats in the room but plenty of pencils. But I digress...) Every 45 minutes or so we take a movement break.  As I am so very fortunate to have a projector in my room, whenever we need a quick break we just tune into Youtube and find the perfect song.  It may sometimes be the chicken dance, the hokey pokey or Cupid shuffle.  This week I'm loving this off of Just Dance 4: <iframe width="560" height="315" src=" http://www.youtube.com/embed/zpymfdBLDPY " frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> Between the melodrama of the song and the wrestlers it works perfectly.  Trust me

Educating in the Bible Belt

I live in Kentucky, where we worship Jesus and basketball. As a teacher, this can lead to some very interesting conversations and totally make your day.  Cases in point: A few weeks ago my classroom neighbor was teaching when a shadow darkened her door.  It was our principle.  All the K kids have an unspoken promise to do something unbelievable when the principle is watching.  And today was no exception. My friend continues to do her writing lesson, which is so quiet you could hear a pin drop (or the wheels turning in their heads).  The stillness is broken by a sweet little girl jumping out of her seat, waving her arms wildly and saying loudly, "Stop!! Stop!! I have a message from God!" Everyone, principle included, turns to look at Precious.  Now that she has the floor, she is not yielding to anyone (a la television evangelist).  With the same mixture of drama and sincerity she says, "God says those at the front of the line will be the last.  And those at the back of th