Helly Welly Posted May 7, 2008 Share Posted May 7, 2008 1st grade school teacher had twenty-six students in her class. She presented each child in her classroom the 1st half of a well-known proverb and asked them to come up with the remainder of the proverb. It's hard to believe these were actually done by first graders. Their insight may surprise you. While reading, keep in mind that these are first-graders, 6-year-olds, because the last one is a classic! 1. Don't change horses... until they stop running. 2. Strike while the... bug is close. 3. It's always darkest before... Daylight Saving Time. 4. Never underestimate the power of... termites. 5. You can lead a horse to water but... How? 6. Don't bite the hand that... looks dirty. 7. No news is... impossible 8. A miss is as good as a... Mr. 9. You can't teach an old dog new... Math 10. If you lie down with dogs, you'll... stink in the morning. 11. Love all, trust... Me. 12. The pen is mightier than the... pigs. 13. An idle mind is... the best way to relax. 14. Where there's smoke there's... pollution. 15. Happy the bride who... gets all the presents. 16. A penny saved is... not much. 17. Two's company, three's... the Musketeers. 18. Don't put off till tomorrow what... you put on to go to bed. 19. Laugh and the whole world laughs with you, cry and... You have to blow your nose. 20. There are none so blind as... Stevie Wonder. 21. Children should be seen and not... spanked or grounded. 22. If at first you don't succeed... get new batteries. 23. You get out of something only what you... See in the picture on the box 24. When the blind lead the blind... get out of the way. 25. A bird in the hand... is going to poop on you. And the WINNER and last one! 26. Better late than... Pregnant Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paola Posted May 7, 2008 Share Posted May 7, 2008 I think 25 is better then 26 Love it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 7, 2008 Share Posted May 7, 2008 how would 6 year olds know about being 'late'! very funny, though I suspect someone else wrote them. My favourite is 'where there's smoke...there's pollution" how very apposite Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 7, 2008 Share Posted May 7, 2008 My favourite was where there's smoke there's pollution too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 7, 2008 Share Posted May 7, 2008 children's imaginations are something that should be nurtured. Too many people would say "oh don't be silly, the real answer is......" but I love the way kids think. Roger McGough talks about it in his autobiography, his child said to him one day... (upon seeing a candle burning down)....."look daddy, the candle's crying". I'm paraphrasing here as I can't find the bit in the book. Isn't that wonderful! Imagination is a wonderful thing, shame it can be knocked out of children at such an early age. I've just received Roger McGough's collected poems in the post this morning, I shall sit in the garden later with the girls and enjoy some of them I expect Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 7, 2008 Share Posted May 7, 2008 oooooooo I found it, here you are.... p137 'Said and Done' by Roger McGough "I have this theory that all children are poets before they go to school, where they are taught how to see the world in a rational and adult way. Making links between seemingly unconnected objects, they can animate the inanimate with ease, but formal education very often succeeds at the expense of the imagination. I'm thinking of examples from my own kids: Finn on watching a lighted candle on the table, the wax melting down the side, 'Ah, the candle's crying.' Tom, looking up at the new moon, 'Look, a bit's fallen off the moon.' Matt in pain, charging into the house with a splinter in his finger, 'Daddy, daddy, the wood's bit me' I wish Isobel had been the girl on the train at Didcot who pointed at the huge cooling towers and cried, 'Ooh, look, a cloud factory.'" It goes on but I think that's a nice sentence to end the quote on, it's a brilliant read if anyone's interested Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted May 7, 2008 Share Posted May 7, 2008 Very amusing Helly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted May 7, 2008 Share Posted May 7, 2008 I like those too. Rosie often comes up with stuff like that - she's a very lateral thinker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickvic Posted May 7, 2008 Share Posted May 7, 2008 My DS, when he was about 2, had a good one. When told he was a star by Grandad he replied "I can't be a star, I don't have any pointy bits!" Those are very too Helly Welly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziggy Posted May 7, 2008 Share Posted May 7, 2008 That really did make me smile... I love the one about getting new batteries... The things kids say really can be wonderful... I keep thinking I should write down all the stuff my four come up with, to remember when they are older, then I think I'll remember but I do forget unless something suddenly reminds me... My eldest was in a squabble once with my second, and when told off, pointed her sister had done something wrong to start with... to which, very cliche-like, I replied 'two wrongs don't make a right'... Very calmly, coolly (is that a word??) and confidently, she replied 'No, but three rights make a left'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chocchick Posted May 8, 2008 Share Posted May 8, 2008 I like It's always darkest before... Daylight Saving Time. and Laugh and the whole world laughs with you, cry and... You have to blow your nose. and happy the bride who gets all the presents Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted May 8, 2008 Share Posted May 8, 2008 brilliant - i needed a smile this morning Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
