It is OK to Laugh!

One of my students came in wearing this shirt.  I had to take a picture!  The student was so proud to show all the teachers and I really laughed hard!  It totally made my day and it reminded me,that yes, it is ok to laugh!  Sometimes we forget to do that!
*The student's mother said the shirt is a hand-me-down.  I Googled and it seems to be for sale on Ebay.

When I first posted the above freebie on TpT (click to download) years ago, I got the worst feedback from someone on how it was so inappropriate and how children would go into fits of hysterics at the mention of the word "poop."  I responded:  "Poop happens and it doesn't hurt to laugh with your students!"  The negative feedback was removed; it was a freebie after all and no one twisted the buyers arm to download it.  My students find it amusing and they love to give these little "Snowman Poop" bags to a grandfather, sibling, or dad.  They know it is all in good fun.

While we are on the laughing topic, here are my fav funny picture book recommendations:

The Scaredy series of books are the best!  Love that little guy. 

As you can see I love Mo Willems! I have never been disappointed by his books.

Clever Classroom has a whole Pinterest board of "Smile Breaks."  Click here to check out her post and here to check out the Pinterest board.

I wanted to do this post because I know with all the testing, standards, APPR, and other acronyms we forget that we are working with little humans.   Little humans, who just want to play and smile and laugh.  So don't forget, that it is OK to laugh with them.   They will respect you so much more if you do.