By BERN MORLEY
They’re great aren’t they? Those special, one off art pieces your child brings home from school, seemingly on a daily basis. Or how about those things kids write in their journals, describing their weekend activities. The ones that often paint a completely different picture to their own reality.
I have found over time that my children are here as much to amuse me as fill my life with joy. I present Exhibit A…
Now this is my son’s interpretation of Van Gogh’s ‘Sunflowers’. See what you’ve got to picture right now is Sam, my ten year old son, unfurling this to his captive audience (me) with his beaming little face peaking around the side asking me if I “like it?” Then imagine me nodding enthusiastically at the exact same time as his 6 year old brother wanders into the room and declares loudly that it “looks like a massive doodle”.
Exhibit B.
This is my all-time favourite Christmas picture. And you can’t tell me that the teachers weren’t having a giggle when they photocopied 50 copies of THIS for the children to colour in…
Not so long ago, I came across my daughter’s ‘weekend journal’ from year one. She is now 13.
Top Comments
How funny!
My husband recently noticed on our son's work hanging in the classroom that it stated his favourite thing to do in the morning is.... watch tv, favourite thing in the afternoon is......watch tv and his all time favourite thing to do is.....watch tv.
Hahaha so not true - he doesn't watch that much tv!!!
Children write what they WANT, not what they have or what has happened. I wanted a sister so I told my teacher my mother was pregnant with a girl. They certainly write or speak with their imagination.