Closing in on Thanksgiving

Here is a quick survey question today. What is a Pilgrim?

First Graders:

Boy: “Something adults eat when they are sick.”

Girl: “Someone who came to Thanksgiving.”

Girl: “They are old people.”

Boy: “I think it’s a human.”

Boy: “No, it’s a kind of insect.”

Kindergarten

Girl: “It’s a cushion fer around yer neck.”

Boy: “Oh, it’s a happy pillow”

Girl: “It’s a turkey.”

Boy: “No, no it’s when you eat a turkey.”

Boy: “It’s a, It’s a, It’s a thing that grows on yer foot.”

Boy: “It’s a basket of good stuff to eat in it.”

In walks a really smart kid in first grade who really knows his stuff:

Boy: “They are people who come out of the woods from all over and they have big white hats on their heads and they bring turkeys for the Indians to cook and the Indians who have corn on the cob and apples and all. And they have a party and a bonfire and music and dance with each other and then they go back home.”