Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
I’m sure you’re asking yourself what lavender nail polish has to do with teaching… other than the fact that I’m a teacher sitting here typing this with wet lavender fingernails. Well I’ll tell you. The kids in my class have such minimal language that I often do some out of the ordinary things (like sing my morning meeting this morning) to get their attention and give them something to talk about later. After one of the girls in my class came in proudly showing me her painted fingernails and everyone started noticing the color of my toe nails I decided to start taking requests for what color my fingernails should be. Last Friday they were Essie’s Lapis of Luxury (or blue, which is what A requested since its his favorite color). Today he happened to notice that my nails were bare and asked me what happened to the blue… I told him the blue was finished at which point he prompted me to paint them purple for tomorrow… done my friend.
(I love doing anything for this particular child because he has major behavior issues and needs tons of attention… not to mention he has an adorable voice and I love listening to him talk— even when I can’t really distinguish what he’s saying).
Photo from vampyvarnish.com.
