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Child Development- 1st Period- Class #9
And once again the class was back in the playroom setting in the Danger Shop, with Lily looking positively cheerful as everyone took their seats on the floor. "Okay, so this is the class I'm really excited about, because we're going over the age range I'm used to dealing with. This would mainly be between the ages of four and six, think preschool and kindergarten age." She began passing down this week's handouts as she spoke. "By now your kids are active, rambunctious little bastards, getting into things, happily telling you exactly what they think of everything because they don't have that little mental filter in place, and really getting into a social setting. They have definite personalities and clear likes and dislikes, but they're still just learning how to get along. Kids at this age need discipline, and they need someone who's going to help them learn what they need to know to grow into responsible big boys and girls while still helping them learn right from wrong.
"And these kids pretty much act without thinking first. They don't usually mean anything by anything they do. If they tell you your hair looks stupid, well, they may not have learned how to be polite yet. Try not to take it too seriously, and remember that they're like five. A five-year-old should not have that much bearing on your self-esteem," Lily advised. "They might push another kid down because they don't realize that that's not how you behave in society- well, you do, but you're not supposed to- and they don't take into account yet that they don't want that kind of thing done to them. And they're not all that way. Like we've learned before, everyone's different and everyone learns at a different rate. Some are very polite, well-behaved children whose parents maybe didn't want to deal with having to apologize for them all the time. Some parents were maybe a little bit more lax. And sometimes the kid's just a brat.
"So today we're going to have kids again. You're each going to have one preschool-to-kindergarten-age child to deal with for the class period. You can let them play with the toys or on the playset, see if they've learned how to share... The one thing is, remember that this is a school, and therefore corporate punishment is a big no-no. If they do something wrong, there's a time-out corner right over there. Give them five minutes to think about what they did and I keep Kleenex over here if they really make you want to cry."
"And these kids pretty much act without thinking first. They don't usually mean anything by anything they do. If they tell you your hair looks stupid, well, they may not have learned how to be polite yet. Try not to take it too seriously, and remember that they're like five. A five-year-old should not have that much bearing on your self-esteem," Lily advised. "They might push another kid down because they don't realize that that's not how you behave in society- well, you do, but you're not supposed to- and they don't take into account yet that they don't want that kind of thing done to them. And they're not all that way. Like we've learned before, everyone's different and everyone learns at a different rate. Some are very polite, well-behaved children whose parents maybe didn't want to deal with having to apologize for them all the time. Some parents were maybe a little bit more lax. And sometimes the kid's just a brat.
"So today we're going to have kids again. You're each going to have one preschool-to-kindergarten-age child to deal with for the class period. You can let them play with the toys or on the playset, see if they've learned how to share... The one thing is, remember that this is a school, and therefore corporate punishment is a big no-no. If they do something wrong, there's a time-out corner right over there. Give them five minutes to think about what they did and I keep Kleenex over here if they really make you want to cry."
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I will not lose my temper and make the kids cry. If I get annoyed with the kids, I will shoot the crap out of someone on the laser tag trip later. I will not lose my temper and make the kids cry. If I get annoyed . . .
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She blinked at him, raised her fingers in a wave. "Hi."
He bounced some more and reached for her hand. "So so so I wanna play Go Fish? And draw, and and then we hafta go to the park, and them McDonalds for milkshakes? I like milkshakes. Strawberry is my favoritest. And c'mon, where are the cards? OH WAIT! I forgot! I wanna play trucks first!"
"Someone fed you you sugar today," she noted, already a little tired.
He nodded. "Uh-huh, lots and lots of Poptarts. C'mon c'mon c'mon, lets go!"
This was going to be a very long class. Claire followed him over to the toys, grateful she'd had her coffee.
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Which is why she was over with art supplies helping her little girl go to town with some fingerpaints.
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See, she loved kids. So much that she'd already had a big breath drawn in to burst out with "Hi! I'm Francine, and I'm gonna hang out and play with you today, okay? I bet we'll have a lot of fun together!"
And then their eyes met, and all she got out was "Hi....iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii...ya."
Maybe it was the hair that managed to stick up in two tufts directly over his ears. Maybe it was the way his fingers kept twitching at something in his pocket and with any other boy she'd think 'frog' but with this one it was 'matches.'
Maybe it was the grin, which Francine would never think to describe as shit eating but a) it was, and b) he clearly knew it and c) he clearly would think to describe it that way and probably had the vocabulary to do so.
Maybe it was how when he cocked his head and the light hit his eyes, they seemed to turn from brown to yellow. Though that was probably her imagination.
"Magfinaying glass!" he said, pulling out what wasn't actually matches, thank God, from his pocket.
Of course, then he ran off to the ant farm and started tugging it over towards the window.
Girls are so much easier... she thought during the breath she grabbed before going into full panic mode.
Bending over and whispering into his ear as she gently but firmly grabbed his shoulder with one hand and pulled the ant farm away with the other, she whispered, "I have cookies. If you're good, you can have them all."
A suspicious look. "What kind?"
"Chocolate chip." Though she was totally willing to bake more as long as it didn't mean letting him near a stove.
"Prove it."
She pulled a bag out of her sweater pocket.
"Gimme!"
"One now, the rest after playtime."
"This many now!" He held up three fingers.
"...How about this many." She held up two. Which really was enough for any five year old - she was kind of hoping the scene would fade out before she'd have to feed him the rest. Because she was concerned for the health of a hologram, yes.
His eyes narrowed. "Anna half."
"Sold." Francine handed over the cookies. Anna half.
"Pleasure doing business wif you. Wanna play train crash? You can wear the nurse hat and fix the 'vivors!"
I love kids. I love kids. I want ten of them. I love kids. I love kids. I love kids.
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Well, Chad really couldn't argue with that.
"Are you a giant?"
He shook his head and told the kid that, no, he wasn't.
"Yes you are."
"No I'm not."
"Yes you are."
"I mean it, I'm not. I'm just really big."
"Are you sure?"
"Yeah. If you eat your vegetables, you'll grow big like me and people will think you're a giant, too."
"Nuh-uh."
"Yes-huh."
"You're just saying that because I bet you're not allowed to admit you're a giant."
Chad sighed. "Don't you want to just climb on me or anything?"
And, of course, he did. Worked like a charm, every time.
"You have a lot of hair, Mr. Giant."
"Yes, I--" Chad didn't continue. He was too busy winching because Jimmie here was now deciding to pull that hair, but at least he had plenty of experience with this thanks to Orden and wee-tiny Teddy.
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