Kids Say the Cutest Things!      I've taught for 30 years now and have heard it all!  These did not necessarily come from any children in my current class (although some may have!)  ENJOY and have a great day!!!     We use a colored popsicle stick system for behavior - the children are asked to pull a stick and put it in their name pocket if they are having trouble minding the rules.  One stick is a warning, 2 means 5 minutes off recess, etc.  One child came to me excitedly saying, "Miss Wilson!  I saw my pink stuffed animal in the office, can I go get it?"  I thought this was strange because the same child had collected some other items from the office the week before, so now I was on to her!  I said, "I don't remember you having  a pink stuffed animal."  She replied, "Oh it must have fallen out of my backpack before I got to class."  I replied, "So if I ask Mom about it, is she going to tell me that, yes, you brought that animal to school?"  Her response was, "Oh, I forgot, mine is brown."  I then asked, "So if I ask Mom if you have a stuffed brown animal will she say yes?"  The child then had an idea, "Why don't I just go ahead and pull a stick?" Upon finding out that her child had pulled a stick for copying, one mother told her son that she was dissappointed in him looking on his neighbor's paper.  He replied, "But Mom, she didn't know the answer either!"   A little girl brought in a dollar proudly saying, "I brought my picture money in!"  After noting that it wasn't near enough money, Mrs. Judy replied, "Well, pictures cost $14.00.  Are you sure that's not your ice cream money?"  The little girl replied as she walked off, "It is now!"  When preparing to teach about Abraham Lincoln, I asked my class if anyone knew whose birthday we celebrate this week.  After they named everyone in the class, I helped them out by giving them a clue: "He was a famous man and is no longer living".  Someone chimed up "Elvis!" Child:  Miss Wilson, I know how to tell which is my right hand! Miss Wilson: You do? How? Child:  It's the one that smells like crayons! One boy came up to me with his hand on his forehead and said very softly, "My belly hurts and I think I have a temper." A child accidently spilled water all over his desk and the desks of his three neighbors.  Another child across the room yelled, "CLEAN  UP  ON  TABLE  ONE!" One year we had the chief of police visit our class.  One little girl said, "You know my uncle cause he steals at stores!"  The chief raised his eyebrow and said, "Oh really? What is his name?"  When the child told him her uncle's name, he replied, "You're right!  I do know him!" On the bus coming back to school from a field trip, one boy needed to go to the bathroom.  Knowing that we were only about 3 minutes from school, I thought it would help to get his mind off of it.  I said, "Do you think there will be many tourists in Pigeon Forge this weekend?"  He replied, "I don't really care about that right now, Miss Wilson.  I just care if this light up here is going to be green or red!" I was standing in the front of the room when a boy put his mouth on the inside of  his arm and blew, making an embarrassing noise.  A girl from the back of the class yelled out, "Miss Wilson!  What do you say?!" From one child ,"My momma learned me not to say ain't no more!" From another, "Guess what, Miss Wilson!  Guess what?  My dog had kittens!" After finding out that a child had hit another, I took him in the hall to discuss the situation and discuss punishment with him.  When asked if he thought he deserved to be punished for his actions, he replied, "No 'cause I almost broke my arm when I hit her." SMILE!