tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526200770247679932.post100479862977228834..comments2024-03-28T03:32:19.324-07:00Comments on Heather's Heart: The Potty PoliceHeather's Hearthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03275285984118559108noreply@blogger.comBlogger55125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526200770247679932.post-1103473358873155162013-01-03T10:56:40.392-08:002013-01-03T10:56:40.392-08:00Thanks for the freebie - It looks great! As for t...Thanks for the freebie - It looks great! As for the bathroom - In Kinder, we have bathrooms in our classroom which can be a blessing and a curse. This year, I have one little guy who sings SUUUUPER loud when his is in there. I know it has good acoustics - but really! At my old school, I had a little girl who came to my table to ask and went right there because she just couldn't hold it any longer. Gotta love the littles!<br /><br />Amy<br /><i><b><a href="http://mellosmemos.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Mello’s Memos</a></b></i>Mrs. Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09872375545563280613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526200770247679932.post-14813841228706103152012-11-07T18:30:24.561-08:002012-11-07T18:30:24.561-08:00I just came across your blog. I love the potty st...I just came across your blog. I love the potty stories and the cute little blends game. Thanks for sharing your hard work. :)Lesson Plans and Lollipopshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15213085027672914837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526200770247679932.post-85235199048477837462012-01-12T13:54:04.247-08:002012-01-12T13:54:04.247-08:00I love your potty stories. This isn't really m...I love your potty stories. This isn't really my story, but I will share. A kindergarten teacher down the hall had two students drink out of the urinal last week! When in her amazment she asked them how they did that, they showed her (without the urinal). Gotta love em.V.A.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526200770247679932.post-23228341190069125592012-01-02T17:56:26.393-08:002012-01-02T17:56:26.393-08:00Thanks for the freebies and the inspiration!Thanks for the freebies and the inspiration!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526200770247679932.post-12624273989392313872012-01-02T13:24:19.896-08:002012-01-02T13:24:19.896-08:00I have several potty stories, but one sticks out i...I have several potty stories, but one sticks out in my mind...one of my students one year decided to water a pillar outside of the building rather than walking the short distance to the restroom!<br /><br />Thanks for the Freebie! Happy New Year!Jessicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14087426622364168346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526200770247679932.post-79781547989450836032012-01-01T19:30:55.999-08:002012-01-01T19:30:55.999-08:00I love your potty stories and the activities on yo...I love your potty stories and the activities on your blog. I once had a little dumpling lick the urinal.........Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526200770247679932.post-9130780902797009652012-01-01T14:35:33.433-08:002012-01-01T14:35:33.433-08:00I grabbed your freebie. I am a first year teacher;...I grabbed your freebie. I am a first year teacher; so thank you for sharing your cute activities for free!Shellie Raehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06817806983976849470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526200770247679932.post-67932200113176713132012-01-01T14:11:24.794-08:002012-01-01T14:11:24.794-08:00Oh Heather, bless your first grade heart! I feel s...Oh Heather, bless your first grade heart! I feel so blessed to be following you... you have some wonderful stories AND freebies!<br /><br />My potty story from this year... a child comes out of the bathroom and tells me she saw something"very gross" in there, and insists she show me. Into the potty we go, where she points out what appears to be a cup full of pee-pee. I suppose someone had been to the doctor recently and had to give a urine sample! fun fun fun. =)<br /><br /><a href="http://www.akindergardeninbloom.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">A KinderGarden In Bloom</a>Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00972475681397839905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526200770247679932.post-55357016240941732292012-01-01T13:35:43.949-08:002012-01-01T13:35:43.949-08:00I love the snowman sort! Thanks for following me ...I love the snowman sort! Thanks for following me over at <a href="emhaywood.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">Twins, Teaching and Tacos.</a>!<br />I'm now your newest follower :)<br />ElisabethElisabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01565364518531380798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526200770247679932.post-18786089393784192262012-01-01T07:35:11.294-08:002012-01-01T07:35:11.294-08:00love the potty stories...maybe because they are so...love the potty stories...maybe because they are so true!hwalkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03957492331570393981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526200770247679932.post-65182229180519682042011-12-31T11:06:45.986-08:002011-12-31T11:06:45.986-08:00Oh my gosh, I hate being the Potty Police! And is...Oh my gosh, I hate being the Potty Police! And isn't it disturbing how many kiddos (mine are 2nd graders, no less) don't know how to fasten their pants/tie their shoes/wipe their bottoms/etc.?!?! LOL<br /><br />Love all your potty stories, LOL. <br /><br />THANK YOU for being my newest follower! So glad, because now I can follow your awesome blog! :DMrs. Cockrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11530382811404245317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526200770247679932.post-11322251854123139492011-12-29T22:14:57.255-08:002011-12-29T22:14:57.255-08:00I am now a follower of your blog. I was seriously ...I am now a follower of your blog. I was seriously ROFLOL reading this potty post!! When you teach K, there's ALWAYS potty stories! Even when you DO have a restroom in your classroom!! Thanks for the freebie, I am now going to scroll through the rest of your posts!!!<br /><a href="http://coloroutsidelines.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Coloring Outside The Lines</a>Ms. Lopezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09565986293266708587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526200770247679932.post-68610514925385578362011-12-29T22:03:21.531-08:002011-12-29T22:03:21.531-08:00Yes I have a potty story for you !!!!! One of my ...Yes I have a potty story for you !!!!! One of my kiddos told me that "Bob" was drinking out of the urinal! seriously----he was actually bending down and drinking the water that comes down out of the urinal.. <br /><br />I am your newest follower! <br /><br />kindergartenafunplacetobe.blogspot.comMrs. Egleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02529712824342670271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526200770247679932.post-34547769952523034162011-12-29T09:28:27.389-08:002011-12-29T09:28:27.389-08:00Heather, I just became a follower - what a great b...Heather, I just became a follower - what a great blog! I think we are kindred spirits - I'm recently retired from teaching 1st and had Col.3:23 posted in my school closet to sustain me! Also,I often called my kiddos "chickadees", just as you do your nieces! That (and this hysterically true Potty Police post!) seems to be the making of good blogbuddies, don't you agree? :)Linda Nelson @ Primary Inspirationhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17052845800294922592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526200770247679932.post-77874437481882963362011-12-28T17:54:56.713-08:002011-12-28T17:54:56.713-08:00We had "Splash Day" toward the end of sc...We had "Splash Day" toward the end of school when not much teaching was happening and we wanted the Ks to leave with good memories so they'd want to come back. It's a good idea to have dads and moms help. Little kindergarten boys can't always pull down or up wet suits and will run naked around the room (hence a dad volunteer when clothes are changed. Toys will not all be returned to proper order and in good condition. Sunscreen is a good idea. Teachers should not get wet hair then sit in AC. Just saying. LOVE YOUR BLOG!Susan Casehttp://kindergartenbasics.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526200770247679932.post-23715857849019940822011-12-28T17:26:59.502-08:002011-12-28T17:26:59.502-08:00Hi Heather! This is the first time I've visite...Hi Heather! This is the first time I've visited your blog and immediately became a follower. I can really see your heart for teaching and God. I have been a teacher for a LONG time, although I subbed for about 10 years while raising 3 kids. Through a series of events that only God could have orchestrated I have been back teaching for 5 years! Got the job in my old district just when it was financially necessary. What a blessing. One of my fellow first grade partners is a blogger and that is how I have found out all you creative and generous teachers who help all of us dinosaurs! Thank you so much for all the freebies. January is winter and penquin month, so I am going to truly benefit from your freebies! Thank you so much!loribhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11674452006175396422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526200770247679932.post-89057563070473107992011-12-28T12:27:35.754-08:002011-12-28T12:27:35.754-08:00I have NOTHING that can beat your stories or the o...I have NOTHING that can beat your stories or the ones I read of the notes left for you - thankfully! We just did a 'golden plunger award' the last 2 weeks before school released for Christmas break. We put a hook in the ceiling in front of each bathroom. When the morning custodian came in, he checked the bathrooms, if they were clean, he hung the golden plunger up for that bathroom. A teacher had spray painted cut off plungers gold and put a little Christmas ornament at the top of each. When we earned enough points, we got to have an all school dance in the gymnasium. We did some line dances, the chicken dance, and a lot of fun ones like that. The kids loved it. Even the faculty bathrooms were in on it. We had to have all the plungers up to earn a point. I love your freebies! Thank you!!!Brenda Aimonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05789108410952908874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526200770247679932.post-71404769917905889172011-12-28T09:22:51.753-08:002011-12-28T09:22:51.753-08:00I love your comment about college classes not teac...I love your comment about college classes not teaching you how to take first graders to the bathroom. It's something you may not understand if you haven't taught 1st or kinder. My colleagues and I often comment about things that our credential programs didn't teach us.Have you ever read "Thrity-two Third Graders and 1 Class Bunny"? I think it should be a must read for teacher candidates. It's what teachers really have to deal with from someone with a good sense of humor. It made me laugh and smile.<br />I love your blog- it's pretty too. I'm your newest follower.<br /> Chrissy<br /><br /><b><i><a href="%E2%80%9Dwww.firstgradefoundme.blogspot.com%E2%80%9D" rel="nofollow">First Grade Found Me</a></i></b>Chrissyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09600194205141940569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526200770247679932.post-11958208688585596712011-12-28T05:58:24.575-08:002011-12-28T05:58:24.575-08:00I taught 3rd grade my first 3 years of teaching an...I taught 3rd grade my first 3 years of teaching and I never had the bathroom issues really. Other than playing. But when I moved back home I got a job teaching kindergarten. I think I've seen more little boys' underwear in the past 5 years than anyone should. My grandmother came to visit my class my first year as a kindergarten teacher and one of the little boys tried to take her for a ride. He was sitting in the bathroom yelling at her to come wipe him. She was horrified thinking that I have to wipe the kids. I told her there was no way. My teaching friend who started kindergarten the same time I did just this year had a boy come out with his pants and underwear down around his ankles. I think it was a weekly occurrence my first year. This year was the first time I've had to have the conversation with a parent about her child not knowing how to wipe properly and getting poop everywhere. It didn't help there was a language barrier. I know I took it for granted when I taught older grades all the things we primary teachers have to teach the kids. Thanks for the laugh.<br />http://mskerriandherkrazykindergarten.blogspot.com/Kerri Bucknerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15924383425982816680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526200770247679932.post-83671519344940840472011-12-26T18:26:24.468-08:002011-12-26T18:26:24.468-08:00Love the new look!! I almost thought I found a new...Love the new look!! I almost thought I found a new blog HAHA!! Thanks for the freebie too! Can't wait to use these .....next week (already)!<br /><br />AmyAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03544618318003774546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526200770247679932.post-31907794306488975722011-12-26T15:14:12.796-08:002011-12-26T15:14:12.796-08:00Too cute!!! I love your 3 rules. I am blessed this...Too cute!!! I love your 3 rules. I am blessed this year to have a class that is "good" in the halls and bathroom. Last year I wasn't so lucky! ;)Kelley Cirritohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14769792425927087593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526200770247679932.post-3235512573637303402011-12-26T13:42:06.801-08:002011-12-26T13:42:06.801-08:00Look at this cuteness - love your new look!!!!!!
...Look at this cuteness - love your new look!!!!!!<br /><br />One day, when I have more money than I know what to do with, I'll get a "new look" too. LOVE it!!!!!!!!<br /><br />Holly<br /><b><a href="http://crisscrossapplesauceinfirstgrade.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Crisscross Applesauce in First Grade</a></b>Hollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10861143488616582042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526200770247679932.post-38124442721647921132011-12-26T11:29:16.126-08:002011-12-26T11:29:16.126-08:00Oh, my, I am laughing myself out of this chair! I...Oh, my, I am laughing myself out of this chair! I have two bathrooms and sinks and drinking faucets in my classroom. Mmm, lucky, yes....BUT... Teaching K, I've learned to say YES when someone asks to use the bathroom. But, with not one, but two tiny potties--with doors that close!-- the lure is powerful. I quickly learn which kiddos are using the bathroom to avoid work. <br /><br />And, I am with you; first-graders need to know how to button/zip/snap! Bless 'em. Parents (and I am a mommy to four) have no idea how many minutes are wasted when the teacher must get several children back into their clothes!!<br /><br />Thanks for the freebie! Would you consider linking up with my January Ideas party? Your freebie is terrific!<br /><br /><b><a href="http://read-write-sing.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">ReadWriteSing</a></b>Chrissyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07841483739221560253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526200770247679932.post-57165172382967113342011-12-26T10:29:44.006-08:002011-12-26T10:29:44.006-08:00Thanks for visiting my blog; I am following your b...Thanks for visiting my blog; I am following your blog, too. :)kinderdihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03648759475238865871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526200770247679932.post-50618711444614839282011-12-26T08:12:21.098-08:002011-12-26T08:12:21.098-08:00Another potty incident to report is the little fri...Another potty incident to report is the little friend whose mother told her to keep having accidents so she could get a new change of clothes and then kept them instead of returnng them back to school!<br /><br />Heather<br /><i><b><a href="http://heathersfirstgradeheart.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Heather's Heart</a></b></i>Heather's Hearthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03275285984118559108noreply@blogger.com