In kindergarten, there is a half hour set aside every day for something we call "workshop time." This is a special time where the teacher takes some children aside for small group instruction, and the other children sit quietly at their desks to work on seatwork and other games/activities to reinforce the things that they are learning.
Well, that's the idea anyway. We're still working on the quietly... and the sitting... and the working...and the learning too. In other words, we're a work in progress.
A few weeks ago, my friend Max, blessed child that he is, sat quietly at workshop time, coloring his work, and glancing occasionally at his teacher out of the corner of his eye. Convinced that I was not watching, he then leapt out of his chair and pretended to karate chop/fight/attack some unknown, imaginary being. Finishing his fight, he glanced back at me, jumped back into his chair, and pretended to work again. This happened a few minutes later... and a few minutes later, until finally I called out, "Max! Sit down!"
Do you ever wonder what it would be like to be in a five year old's brain again?
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