"No, you only take naps in Kindergarten. I think that's why I got on 'Yellow', because I was so-o-o tired."
"Oh," I said, "What other colors do you have?"
"There's green, of course, and orange and pink, because we don't have a red card."
"Does anyone ever get on Orange?"
"Not really. 'Orange' means you miss 10 minutes of Recess. 'Yellow 'means you miss 5 minutes of Recess."
"What happens when you get into trouble?"
"I have to pull my card."
"Would you get upset and cry?"
"No, then everyone would look at me and say, 'Look at that little girl...she's crying."
Do you ever have days when you stay on 'Yellow'? I do. Sometimes, like my granddaughter, I have 'Yellow' days. Days when I just can't seem to get going. Days when my brain is in a fog or when I just can't seem to get things right and I don't feel like reading the instructions, because even the instructions are hard to understand. Days when I can't seem to tackle that mental 'things to do' list. It's hard staying on 'Green' all the time, and occasionally I slip and have to pull my card and land on 'Yellow'. I just hope that no one is watching and says, "Look at her... I can't believe she did that....because I might be on 'Yellow.'
But fortunately we get to start fresh tomorrow. No marks against us. No unhappy faces. A clean slate. And if I stay on 'Green' all day, it's a good day:)
1 comment:
Bless her heart...I remember having a rest time in 1st and maybe even 2nd grades, where we had to put our heads on our desks every afternoon for a while.
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