What can a Hippopotamus be

Cycled to work in the light drizzle, and then practiced drop kicking plums across the yard as there was no one to play with!

My 1st time with tiddlers in the red class, who are super small easily underfoot! Allan's brand of  classroom spontaneity, mostly asides & internal dialogue broadcast sotto voce. She always strikes me as cranky & too quick to blurt. Bit crap on piano (always clock-watching or forgetting the next line) & doesn't engage with the kids very warmly.

Jim time about 10 mins: 

jumping killed the CD player doing Everybody Up! 

Hello song, one little finger, & see you later. 

Lots of smiles & joining in. 

One girl though immediately uses me as a groin-level punchbag. 

Deputy Dog lookalike in the class?

Roped into painting hands and the risk of getting to my next class red/blue/green, but grabbed by Dragon to read a book (What can a Hippopotamus be?)  bilingually - two separate books they have on their library shelf, with them responding 3rd time through with resounding "NO!" Bit of improv & reading from the back of the room :)

Back to lunch with tiddlers - fried tuna & crisps/daikon salad (must be a broccoli & cucumber shortage?)

Wonky Donkey & lunch-box envy

Trying to remember the Wonky Donkey this am & think of actions

Spunky = brow wipe

Hanky Panky = hit wrists

Cranky = angry horns

Stinky Dinky = pinch nose & wave away a fart

Lanky = stretch

Honky-Tonky = guitar

Winky = wink

Wonky = hop foot to foot

Early start & tried to stretch it; lot of blank faces asked to draw a donkey, but wanted to do before video which they'd copy. Check out 30+ originals.

Mums hovering as they are observing tiddlers today.

One older kid having a 'mare & howling the place down; continues after the bell & is consoled a bit by friends, which doesn't do any good! I sit with her but that does sweet FA either. Old gate-ball playing lady pushes candy thru the gate (am sure her grumpy spouse would like to push her through the gate, miserable sod). Boss tempts howler away with promise to phone mummy. Boss carries her back into class all smiles 10 mins later & sits her down. Tells class Y has been told a big secret & she's promised not to say. Great strategy & makes her feel good, others jealous, not pitying.

Allan unusually industrious, taping things up; half school disappeared on an excursion. Boss redirects Allan & can see her lower lip drift to usual setting!

Meantime, long briefing from Legs11 that loses me, found a Wonky Donkey app & lined it up on YouTube with my phone. Treasure Hunt mums & toddlers looks engaging. Some of the mums look engaging too ;)

Bunked off to go to the convenience store as I had not brought my own lunch today (analog schedule I was given 6 weeks ago taped to my calendar at my office probably; old lady who has obviously never used an ATM in front of me! Enjoyed a/c in Seiyu, spoiled for bento choice but had to choose something unlikely to raise too much interest). Competitive mums as usual gone over the top prepping these precious morsels. No wonder they all look knackered. Just don't do it (but then my own wife does too...).

Saved a girl's shoe off a roof; got pissed off with K humping my leg. Earlier gave Tigger a rev in Madge's class for being persistently naughty/AWOL. Farming lot came back shattered. TGIF....