Mama is the Mystery Reader

Every year in kindergarten, the parents are invited into class to read the children a book and to do a craft related to the book. We submit "clues" ahead of time so that the children can try to guess who the reader is. So it was that last Friday, I stood behind the closed classroom door and listened to the clues. The children usually get very excited, and hope their parent will be the "mystery reader".

The clues started off very general:

-J'aime lire
-J'aime courir
-J'aime faire les arts

Then the two remaining clues narrowed it down:

-J'ai trois filles
-Leurs noms commencent avec un "S"

At this point, I could hear the teacher explain to a few kids who thought the criteria fit their parent, that in fact that was not the case...

I was greeted by a huge hug from my daughter. Next, I read a french book called "Je veux un monstre"  about a little girl who convinces her father to let her get a pet monster.

For the craft, the children had to put the right number of googly eyes on the monster; there were 4 in total, labeled from 1-4. After writing their names on their monster craft and putting them away, the children got to decorate cupcakes with candies in order to make them look like scary monsters. And finally, they were able to enjoy their edible craft!