5 Kindergarten Thanksgiving Truths

1. When asked what they are thankful for, most kindergartners will answer the obligatory God, family, friends, and pets. Then you get the handful who tell you how it really is (because let's face it, 5-year-olds are still largely egocentric).  These kids say they are thankful for themself, their Nintendo DS, their toys, and my all time favorite, their cheeks (the kid does have a great set of cheeks).

2. Kindergarten students have no concept of whether they are traveling down the street, to a different state, or to a different country for their Thanksgiving dinner.  You have to put it in terms of walking, cars, and airplanes.

3. 21 out of 27 kindergartners admit to eating turkey for Thanksgiving.  3 don't celebrate Thanksgiving (because they are from another country),  2 eat chicken (which is probably really turkey), and 1 eats turkey pizza (which is probably a lie).

4. During our Thanksgiving celebration, all students who get selected to wear the pilgrim hats are secretly (or openly) disappointed.  The Native American hats are just cooler, even you and I know that.

5.  Pilgrim and Native American hats aside, a kindergarten Thanksgiving celebration is a happy memory for all, and the kids actually emit a disappointed "awwwww" when told it's time to pack-up to go home because of the half-day of school.  Moments like these make me thankful that I'm a teacher.