Classroom Comedy: Kids ARE the darndest things! :)

So my last blog got me to remembering when I taught third grade, which happened awhile back so I can laugh at this one.  At that point in time, we used to study the Native American Indians.  We also studied their natural resources, so therefore we also studied bison / buffalo.

The Background:  I found the most perfect video (in the teacher video library to show to classrooms) put out by one of those fantastic nature video producers called something like “Buffalo of the Plains.”  I was so excited as many of my children really didn’t have a clue about them and I thought it would be the perfect enhancement to learning about the Plains Indians and their culture.

The Laugh: The movie was outstanding.  We stopped about halfway through though.  I explained that the buffalo were “fighting”  and in case one of them got hurt, I didn’t want the kids to have to see that.

I am sure many of the children thought it was an odd position for the bison to be fighting in.