Wednesday, 22 October 2008

In the Class

My preschooler said to me, “HEY TEACHER! What’s a ghost?”

“It’s a… well. Um… lets see.”

I was trying to create a question for them in their workbook while considering whether it was a good idea to tell the children about spirits, death, heaven, the afterlife, and lost souls haunting the earth. I mean, if this isn’t the height of progressive teaching for kids, then I don’t know what is. However, he interrupted my deep contemplation.

“Are they just funny little monsters with blankets over their heads?”

Yeap. That’s exactly what they are, mate.”