Preschool Conversations

I am a preschool teacher in San Francisco, CA and everyday am part of some of the best, entertaining, and amazing conversations from some pretty cute 3-5 year olds...

February 6, 2013 10:22 pm
  • Girl: Sometimes I be sad.
  • Me: Sometimes I'm sad too. Why are you sad sometimes?
  • Girl: Because of gorillas.
February 1, 2013 10:42 am
  • Me: Are you my friend?
  • Girl: No! You're a big person.
  • Me: You can't be friends with a big person?
  • Girl: Uhuh. I can only be friends with small people.
  • Me: Why?
  • Girl: Big people need to turn into small people to be my friend.
  • Me: How do I do that?
  • Girl: First get your arm and your other arm and pull it into your jacket and then you'll be small!
January 15, 2013 10:41 am
  • Me: What are you guys doing?
  • Girl: We are pretending to put make-up on!
  • Boy: Yeah! I'm gonna be a Gucci man!
January 8, 2013 6:17 pm
  • Me: Please put your blanket away.
  • Girl: I did already!
  • Me: Oh! Never mind.
  • Girl: It's not your mind it's my mind!
December 13, 2012 8:31 pm
  • Girl 1: I'm writing a letter.
  • Girl 2: Don't forget the PS.
  • Girl 1: No it's BS not PS!
  • Girl 2: Uh uh. It's PS!
  • Girl 1: No! I'm writing BS!
November 30, 2012 8:11 pm
  • Girl: MS. KJAERE!
  • Me: Why are you shouting?
  • Girl: BECAUSE I LOVE YOU!
November 24, 2012 8:21 pm
  • Me: Achoo!
  • Boy: Are you sick Ms. Kjaere?
  • Me: No, I'm ok.
  • Boy: I think you should go to the doctor so they can shake your heart.
  • Me: Shake my heart?!?
  • Boy: Yep! Then you'll feel better.
November 5, 2012 5:30 pm
  • Girl: Look! A knock knock door!
  • Me: What's a "knock knock door"?
  • Girl: You knock on it and then it gets silly.
  • Me: It does? Then what happens?
  • Girl: It says things like "banana!" Doors are so silly.
November 1, 2012 8:51 pm
"Ms. Kjaere, you should go home and put your feet in the bath and then under the covers."

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M.H. 3 year old
October 30, 2012 7:38 pm
  • Me: Hi friend!
  • Boy: I'm not a friend! I'm a fire truck!
October 20, 2012 12:05 am
  • Boy 1: I drew a shark!
  • Boy 2: A ghost?
  • Boy 1: A shark.
  • Boy 2: A ghost?
  • Boy 1: A shark!
  • Boy 2: A ghost shark?
  • Boy 1: Yep.
October 3, 2012 1:18 am
  • Me: What are you all doing?
  • Girl (age 3.5): We are singing Lady Gaga then going to bed.
September 7, 2012 5:32 pm
  • Me: What do you want to pretend to be today?
  • Girl: A princess!
  • Boy 1: A lion!
  • Boy 2: A vacuum cleaner!
September 4, 2012 3:37 pm
  • Me: What do you think the tadpole's going to be when it grows up?
  • Boy: A firefighter!
August 31, 2012 12:27 am
  • Girl: Why did you choose to have white skin instead of black skin like me?
  • Me: I didn't get to choose my color skin, this is just the way God made me.
  • Girl: Oh. Well my Mom made me!