Watching kids eat...interesting

[Guest guest]

Last Sunday I was helping out with the first grade Sunday School at church. One

of the things they did was a little game involving marshmallows. By the end of

the game, each child had received one or two large marshmallows, and three small

ones. I was playing along with them, so I also received marshmallows.

The kids were all very excited to get the marshmallows, and I pretty much

figured they would gobble them all up right away. Boy, was I wrong! I'm pretty

sure all of them ate maybe one of the big ones and one of the small ones right

away, and then left the rest sitting in front of them. Some of them nibbled on

them a little bit slowly throughout the lesson, and some didn't even eat the

ones they had left. One little boy only got one large marshmallow and three

small ones instead of two large ones, so I offered him my large one. He said,

" No, thanks. " He had been one whose eyes had really lit up when the marshmallows

were brought out, but after one or two, he just wasn't interested anymore.

I, on the other hand, ate all of mine right away (even though I didn't really

want them) -- only saving the large one to give to the little boy after the

lesson. When he said he didn't want it, I didn't want to throw it away, so I ate

it!

From this I learned that first graders have more sense when it comes to eating

than I do. Ah, well, I am learning to be more child-like (but hopefully not

childish) every day!