I've been wanting to do a "Kids Say the Darnedest Things" type blog for awhile now, and couldn't resist any longer. This week, we started teaching sex ed to our group of 5th graders, and I have to say, their questions, comments, and outbursts are pee-in-your-pants hysterical. Although many of these posts won't be just from the family life curriculum, I hope you are still able to enjoy every remark as much as I have!

The first day of sex ed is always a bit wiggley, giggley, so yesterday when my teaching partner said the word "vagina" the students couldn't control themselves. She decided that in order to break the ice, she would challenge the class to say the word ten times fast, and well, let's just say we had one student who was eager to accept the challenge. "J" just started shouting BAGINA! BAGINA! BAGINA! Mrs. G and I could not control our laughter, along with the other students who just could not believe his outburst - and with the "V" word! (Or rather, the "B" word)

After telling the students that we would be using the correct terminology during class, one boy came up to me at the end of class and said, "So, Miss, the word...d....dick isn't right, you're supposed to say... p...p...penis?" Hahaha.

A few years ago, we had students write their questions on notecards. One of my favorite was the following:
If condoms are used to prevent pregnancy, how come they come in different colors, flavors, and sizes?

More to come...