Hilarious Kids Make You Laugh Out Loud

I was working with one of my 5th grade tutoring students and was telling him about a past "deja vu" experience. He remarked, "Oh that means you're "psychopathic!' As he saw the grin spread across my face, he paused and said,"Wait, what's the right word?" I told him I thought he meant "psychic" and asked if he really meant to call me a crazy serial killer who belonged in the psychiatric ward! He laughed hysterically as he realized the mistake.
This picture seems particularly appropriate as it was taken outside the Freud Museum in London!

Yes, we all know who the gingerbread man is, but little Freddie( name changed to protect the adorable little guy) was looking frantically for this book one day, asking his peers, "Hey, have you seen that book about the Jinglebread man? Although one of the kids noticed the mistake and giggled, the name caught on and is a well used word in my Kindergarten classroom.

Using humor helps kids feel at ease. Look at me being a total clown! ( well actually a cat) for Halloween.

Every Friday, my kindergarten class gets to read with our 2nd grade reading buddy class. Everything was merrily going smoothly today until one of the 2nd grade boys looked up at me quizzically as he read a nursery rhyme about a "cock-horse" to his little buddy. "So cock ISN'T a bad word?" he asked. Quick on my feet I replied that it's not often used these days ( in a nursery rhyme sort of way) so the slang meaning was probably the one most used and he is best not to use that word! I somehow managed to keep a straight face throughout the encounter!

One of my students who is learning English came up to me and said.. Mrs. Young! I am going to dive easter eggs with my dad today!

A little girl in my class was thrilled to show me her picture of herself and I on a ship. She called this ship her "friendship." So cute!

I had been talking with one of my Kindergarten students about ways to take control of her distressing emotions by thinking about something else or visualizing a pleasant scene. Yesterday, she announced to me, Mrs. Young. you know.. you can cry even if you're happy. I said, "Yes, I know" and then she said.. yeah.. and injuns make you cry too. I asked her to repeat herself a couple times and then, seeing the perplexed look on my face, she said, "Well, I don't know how to say it .. but you know.. my mom cries when she cuts them. .you know... and I said.. oh. .onions! and she said.. yeah that's it!

One day after school, this little cutie in my class was walking with me to his afterschool class. Puzzled by his friend's facial expressions, he said to me in a whisper, "Hey, Mrs. Young.. did you see that look in his eyes? He had a really weird look in his eyes!" It was so adult-like it threw me for a loop and it was all I could do to not start laughing!

I was giving a student a writing assessment, as he had been absent the day before when the rest of the class took it. One of my students, who always seems to be 5 going on 40, strolled by the table, took a look at the picture that the other boy had drawn and said, " Now that.. that's a good-lookin fish!" It was priceless.

I was telling my students to clean up after their post lunch "quiet time" where they can read, write or rest, and I noticed that one little guy had a piece of paper still out and in his hand. I reminded him to put it away so he closed his paper "flip phone" and slipped it right into his pocket.

I asked my students to find one thing that "fascinates" them. One of the girls wanted to learn more about stars so I found a picture of some stars and then one of the Dog Star. When I told her the name, she pretended to bark until suddenly a serious expression came over her. She quietly asked, "You mean, like down face dog star?" Her mom is obviously into Yoga!