Today I talked to the children about the types of things they and may not have at school. This was used as a reminder as the third graders seem to be having a yard sale during recess, in which you can buy their old happy meal toys with fake money you make. Apparently, they even have some coupons out of buy one get one free. One of the toys they had yesterday was small toy water gun. I told my class this type of toy is not allowed at school, ever. The other toys are fine for them to buy, if they play with them in class, they become mine, but the water guns will cause them to be in trouble.
Naturally, this will start the 20 worst case scenario questions, which eventually gets to Joseph asking, "What if you didn't bring that toy to school and someone just put it in your pocket without you knowing?"
"Hmm, I think you would know, if I'm walking around and someone puts something in my pocket, I will feel them do that and look right away to see what it is. I'm confused on how you wouldn't know someone put something in your pocket."
"So, if I put something in your pocket, you would look to see what it is?"
"Yes, but don't you think that would be inappropriate?"
"Why?"
"Because you would be touching my leg," I quickly said back. (For people who know me well, they know that I have this space issue and do not like having people I don't know touch me. If someone is sitting close to me and they slide in my direction, sometimes without realizing this I will naturally slide over or lean back.) Maybe I said this comment a little too quickly, but I felt the need to protect my personal space.
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