Teacher Collects All The Weird And Funny Things That Kids Say When Their Parents Aren’t Around (40 Pics)
You've heard it once if you've heard it a thousand times before: kids say the darndest things. We've always loved the frank, honest and unadulterated way that little humans choose to express themselves - they see things from a different perspective to us grownups whose thoughts have been shaped and molded by the world around us.
NYC school teacher Alyssa Cowit was so fascinated by the questions and comments from her Kindergarteners that she decided to start an Instagram account, called Live from Snack Time, to chronicle them. According to their bio, Alyssa "believes children are honest and curious, and while often perplexed, they’re brilliant – and that it’s a teacher’s job to take what children say seriously."
She wants to help adults to understand that children are not always acting outrageously to seek attention, but instead thinking out loud, soaking up new information, and solving problems 24/7.
Since starting the page in 2015 together with Greg Dunbar, a digital marketing manager with Walt Disney Studios, they have since grown to almost 100K followers, and even have a book! It's called 'I Did My Homework in My Head: (And Other Wacky Things Kids Say)' and is full of "Irresistible quotes from the elementary school classroom that prove kids really do say the darndest things--and even more so when their parents aren't around!"
What do you think? What's the funniest, truest or most profound thing you've ever heard a child say? Scroll down to check out our faves from the page for yourself, and let us know what you think in the comments!
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My name is Elizabeth and my best friend growing up called me Lizard and I loved it! I still love it! It's nice to know there's another Lizard out there!!
I can just visualise her tongue flicking in and out as it wipes her eyes:)
I had a friend in university who insisted Luci was short for Lucifer.
Well I wouldn’t be surprised if it really was. Some parent do give their kids odd names now.
Funny how i am able to relate to this. But it’s “Ms.Lizard Breath to YOU B***h!”
um....I can't believe my eyes but I think this was me. My legal name is Elizabeth, which I never went by, and my older sister used to call me Lizard (a nickname I hated when I was little, but think is hilarious now), while my fam called me Liza. Literally, I think this was me when I was 7..(now I'm 26)
This makes me think about "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" ... Lisbeth Salander ... rhymes with salamander ...
It's adorable and the use of proper English makes it even more adorable! :)
Karate is the art of folding clothes while people are still in them. Yoga is the art of folding your clothes while you are still in them.
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Literally had one of my students comment the following about 5 minutes ago. I said "What are you doing this weekend?" the reply "I don't know but Im know Im having root beer, my mom got like a gallon of root beer and said its for the weekend" and he promptly walked away
"out of the mouths of babes", nuggets of wisdom. Only a glimpse of thier world and how they see it. We will never be there again.
In the case of many of these comments, I thought, "Oh, what a cute and naive point of... wait a minute, they're actually right".
"I don't know what I want to be as a grown up, but I know what kind of grown up I want to be" is essentially all the wisdom amd guidance of humanity's greatest teachers in one sentence.
Yes, it sounds like something Mr. Rogers would say.
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Some of the comments are quite sad. You wish for the innocence of childhood to last as long as possible.
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Load More Replies... Literally had one of my students comment the following about 5 minutes ago. I said "What are you doing this weekend?" the reply "I don't know but Im know Im having root beer, my mom got like a gallon of root beer and said its for the weekend" and he promptly walked away
"out of the mouths of babes", nuggets of wisdom. Only a glimpse of thier world and how they see it. We will never be there again.
In the case of many of these comments, I thought, "Oh, what a cute and naive point of... wait a minute, they're actually right".
"I don't know what I want to be as a grown up, but I know what kind of grown up I want to be" is essentially all the wisdom amd guidance of humanity's greatest teachers in one sentence.
Yes, it sounds like something Mr. Rogers would say.
Load More Replies... Some of the comments are quite sad. You wish for the innocence of childhood to last as long as possible.
