All I Really Need To Know I Learned In Kindergarten

As my girls sat down to do their homework tonight, I went back and forth helping with 4th grade homework and then to Kindergarten homework.  Back and forth, back and forth.  I stopped just for a moment and looked at my kindergartener and smiled.  Although I have done Kindergarten homework with 3 different kids now and it has become quite repetitious for me, this is all new to her.  She has never done it before. Her work is just as hard and just as important as the 4th graders.  And this is where she will learn everything she really needs to know about life.

All I Really Need To Know I Learned In Kindergarten

by Robert Fulghum

Most of what I really need

To know about how to live

And what to do and how to be

I learned in kindergarten.

Wisdom was not at the top

Of the graduate school mountain,

But there in the sandpile at Sunday school.

These are the things I learned:

Share everything.

Play fair.

Don't hit people.

Put things back where you found them.

Clean up your own mess.

Don't take things that aren't yours.

Say you're sorry when you hurt somebody.

Wash your hands before you eat.

Flush.

Warm cookies and cold milk are good for you.

Live a balanced life -

Learn some and think some

And draw and paint and sing and dance

And play and work everyday some.

Take a nap every afternoon.

When you go out into the world,

Watch out for traffic,

Hold hands and stick together.

Be aware of wonder.