Walk Like An Egyptian...well on second thought.

Today I volunteered in Douglas' kindergarten classroom and was reminded again how awesome his teacher is. She keeps a well-managed classroom despite the different personalities and capabilities of the kids in the classrooms. That said, she probably comes home with stories every day similar to the ones below.

We did an art literacy unit on Egyptian artwork and the kids drew, painted, and be-jeweled cat portraits. Fun times!

The preparation and delivery of this unit did lead to some very funny conversations. First with Douglas the night before.

Douglas: What is our art lit lesson for tomorrow, Mama?

Me: Egyptian Art

Douglas: Is that from Egypt?

Me: Yep.

Douglas: That's bad.

Me: Huh? What's bad?

Douglas: The Isrealites were slaves to the Egyptians. Is the artwork
of slaves?

Me: No, nothing like that. We'll be doing cat portraits.

Douglas: Why?

Me: They really liked cats. In fact, they worshipped them as
gods (showing him some of the pictures)

Douglas: That's bad. God wouldn't be too happy with that
choice. I don't want to worship our cat portraits.

Then today in the classroom, the conversations went something like this (and the kids did a pretty good job of raising their hands to ask questions).

Me: King Tut's tomb was a really important discovery because it had never been broken into by robbers.

Kid #1: Other tombs were broken into?

Kid #2: Why didn't they have guards?

Kid #3: Why didn't they have locks?

Me: (trying to regain control) Maybe locks weren't invented yet.

Kid #2: Why didn't they shoot people who stole things from the pyramids?

Me: Well, they probably...

Kid #3: Why didn't they have traps or alarms?

Me: Yes, they probably could. They apparently didn't have anyone as smart as you guys. Now, getting back to the lesson...

Kid #4: Why didn't they have dogs or bunnies to protect the tombs?

Kid #5: Because dogs weren't invented yet.

Did I mention that Douglas' kindergarten teacher rocks?