Teaching preschool is not for the faint of heart. Fact of the matter is it takes a lot to be a preschool teacher. You have to have patience and be very creative. You also have to know all the common child lengo. However, once you become a preschool teacher you suddenly find yourself repeating things. Certain things over and over and over again. Here are five things you will commonly hear a preschool teacher say.
1. Let me tie your shoe
As crazy as it sounds, I do not know how many times through out the day I say the words "let me tie your shoe." I could double knot, triple knot, even super glue their shoe laces and they will still end up untied. Also not to mention they are at that stage where they either know how to tie their shoes or they think they can and refuse your help. You become the shoe tying master.
2. Clean up
Every day after our learning time we have free play time. The kids are aloud to play with whatever their hearts desire. Which then lead to a huge mess. Then begins clean up time and let me tell you they may be able to make that mess fast but they are slow to clean up. I then begin saying "clean up" over and over again. Eventually, as a preschool teacher saying clean up just begin to become a common normal in your life.
3. Stop picking your nose
As crazy as it sounds one of the most common sentences I find myself saying through out my day is "stop picking your nose." Children for some reason have a fascination with sticking their fingers where they do not belong. Which then leads to the next most common thing preschool teachers say.
4. Wash your hands
Germs. Preschool is full of germs. Runny noses, fingers in mouths, chewing on toys they spread. I am commonly saying to my class over and over again "wash your hands." Teaching them at a young age to wash their hands regularly is a great thing but it is honestly unreal how many times a day you are telling then to wash their hands.
5. Just get along
Bickering. Over little thing is one thing you get use to when you teach preschool. Which then leads to the repetition of the phrase, "just get along." From all the "he's not my best friend." to "that's my toy" saying just get along becomes a normal.
Preschool teachers do not always realize it but you kind of do become a broken record. Well, at least I feel like I become a broken record. The kids may get use to it but they also begin to watch on to what you are going to say in certain situations. Now be mindful these are just five of the common things preschool teachers say, Just imagine all the things preschool teachers commonly say.
