” Due to the ’scary’ nature of this book, we advise you to use your own desgression while reading in the presence of children. “
——I only wish that message would have been attached to the book and I would have seen it before I read it!!!
As a preschool teacher I’m usually the one to read the children a story before nap time. This usally helps them calm down a bit so that they can rest. Today was different though, The book I chose wasn’t the best one for me to choose for this particular audience. I guess it was a little too scary for one of my students. As soon as I read the book I left to go on my lunch break. Not 5 min later I recieved a call on my cell phone due to a child crying uncontrollably with the fear of dying. When I told him that he wouldn’t die unless he tried to swallow a horse (must read book to understand!) he told me that he was afraid that he was going to dream that he swallowed a horse and that he would die. I tried to calm his fears the best I could. WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT????
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hehe, that one sure is scary
I have heard the phrase “There was an old lady who swallowed a fly” a hundred times in my life, but I don’t know that I have ever actually read that book. =) I guess I will have to pick it up for Seporah and give her some funny nightmares! =)
Poor baby. One of my students was laying on a new mat which was green and blue so I told him it was like the sea. So of course, he had to look for sea monsters under the mat. Hopefully next year I will be teaching 1st or 2nd grade and not have to deal with nap time.
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