You are probably hoping that this is going to be about dogs, but it's not. Yes, I will be addressing underwear today.
I taught first graders to make tri-section pinch pots a couple of weeks ago. Today, one of those classes came to art to glaze their pinch pots. It took me several years to figure out how to get my students to actually put two coats of glaze on a project. They don't understand the term "two coats". I finally discovered last week that I can tell them to put underwear AND clothes on their pinch pot.
This means that I have to talk about undies with first graders. It involves lots of laughter and silliness. I even tell them that we all wear them, I hope. And we discuss the fact that most of us wouldn't dream of going out without covering them up (Madonna and other celebs who wear undies as outer wear have not come up yet...).
Today, after I had given all the directions and my students were working at their tables, I overheard one little boy tell his table, "I don't wear underwear. I wear boxers."