A former punk-turned-nursery teacher reports from everyday madness in a kindergarten
Take a deep breath, please: It’s Monday morning, just past eight. Any moment now, twenty screaming, jubilant, sad, excited children will come storming in, wanting to talk about their weekend, play, learn and romp – ideally all at the same time. Welcome to the chaotic, colorful world of Dominic Deville! In this book, the professional educator and failed punk rocker writes about what really goes on in kindergartens.
Deville explains how there are exactly four types of children, that the procedure for planning a kindergarten birthday party is more complicated than electing a new pope and that making it happen can require more effort than a royal wedding, and why punk-rock songs are perfectly suited as children’s songs. He also reports on unsuccessful Mother’s Day gifts and catastrophic Santa’s visits.
Hilariously and with self-irony, Dominic Deville writes about what it’s like to stand one’s ground in the middle of a horde of five-year-olds – and to fail brilliantly in the process.
