Little ears hear everything

Teachers forget when they are talking to each other that there are little ears listening to what you are saying even if it is two teachers who think they are only talking to each other.

You sometimes forget the children can hear what you are talking about when you are talking to another teacher. There is no such thing as a private conversation when you are in the classroom. When children are in the classroom. Even at naptime not all the children are sleeping and can hear what you are talking about.

Those conversations you are having with another teacher can be misunderstood by a child you didn't think was listening. It can also upset a student. Children can hear things and not get the full meaning of what you are talking about.

One of our teachers dad passed away this weekend. Two teachers in the classroom were talking about it at naptime. Some of the children heard the conversation and thought their teacher had died. This upset the children and they started cring about their teacher dying.

First off this a conversation that should never of happened in the classroom. It should of taken place in the breakroom away from children. It was very upsetting to the children who heard the conversation and misunderstood what was being said.

Secondly you should never be talking about other people in your classroom. We are there to educate the children and not gossip or talk about our person lives where children can and will hear us.

A innocent conversation with another teacher can a be very upsetting to chidren, and if they misunderstand it that conversation can cause unneeded drama in the classroom.

We need to be very careful of what we say when children are present even if you think they are sleeping.