Fun With Food!

A few random thoughts about pre-k and food:

In any given school year, at least half of my students will refer to broccoli as "trees" the first time the cafeteria serves it.

In any given year, I'll have at least one student who routinely gets more food into his hair, onto his face, and onto his clothes than he does into his mouth.

A few years back I had a girl who midway through the year decided that she did not like milk anymore.  This is a problem, because we get milk with breakfast and lunch, and there's no other option.  Finally, I told her that I wasn't giving her milk.  She eyed the carton suspiciously, and then said "what is it?"  "That's moo-juice," I responded.  "It's my favorite!".  She looked at me funny, then took a sip, breaking into a smile.  "I like moo-juice!" she exclaimed. 

If someone spills their milk, somebody else will be quick to tell on them... even if they have to spill their own milk to do so.

We were served chicken one day, and it wasn't very good.  I hardly ate any at all, and most of my kids were just picking at it.  Except for one boy, who was essentially gnawing on the bone after eating every last ounce of meat.  He looked at me and said "This chicken so good make you wanna slap yo momma!"

In my room we have what we call the "home center".  The home center contains a table and chairs, and a toy fridge, faucet, phone, stove, cabinet, etc. etc.  The kids love this center, and the girls like to pretend to cook meals for the boys.  I never put much thought into this until I walked by the home center one day and overheard a little boy say "Make me a motherf------ pancake, b-----.   I was shocked, but at the same time I have a juvenilistic sense of humor, so I had to run outside and laugh for a couple of minutes before I could come back in and get onto him.

5 Ways You Can Count on Pre-K Students to Get in Trouble While Eating

1. Students WILL blow bubbles in their milk with their straw
2.  Any foil that is used to package food WILL be turned into a foil ball.
3.  Milks WILL be knocked over while students turn around in their chairs to see what's going on behind them.
4. Students WILL try to eat food that has fallen on the floor, or eat food with utensils that have fallen on the floor.
5. Students WILL complain about boy milk and girl milk depending on the color of the writing on their carton.