Sometimes, kindergartners don't totally understand the words that "grown ups" use. Every once in awhile they ask, "What does that mean?" I love those times. Teaching new vocabulary makes my heart happy.
Most of the time, however, they just guess. And sometimes, they guess wrong. And sometimes, they just pretend the word they didn't know was a word they did know.
For example, one of students told me that a classmate fell asleep in music. He didn't wake up by the end of class, so they took him to the kleenex to sleep there. "He's sleeping in the kleenex. But don't worry, he's not sick."
Oh, you mean clinic.
Another student tells his P.E. teacher, "I went to the Mammoth game and I got autographs from all the retarded players!"
Hmmm...retarded players? Do they have a special needs team? "Tell me more about that," says the P.E. teacher.
"Well, I went down on the field, and all the retarded players signed my paper. You know, all the guys that used to play but now they don't play anymore?"
Oh, you mean retired players.
Maybe I like it better when they misunderstand. It's just so funny.
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