Now... you are probably thinking.. okay, I got pencils and erasers, but Mio? What does that have to do with teaching? Well let me tell you.. it has everything to do with teaching in my classroom. My kids have taken and responded to Mio the same way cats respond to Cat nip (if that is even the way you spell it.. I have never had a cat.. so I am not too familiar with the stuff. However, I do know that it is somewhat like a... well.. it makes cats more active). My students have now started drinking Mio STRAIGHT from the bottle!
Side note: For those of you who do not know what Mio is... it is a water additive that flavors your water. It is for people that don't like water, are tired of water, or simply want something with taste and no calories. It is rather delicious when used properly. The directions say to squirt the Mio into your water, a couple of times, to your taste. You can make your water flavor as strong or as weak as you want. They even have Mio Fit, with additives that supplement your tired, post-workout body.
I have had my students fight over whose Mio bottle is whose... and half the time it is over empty bottles?! They like Mioso much that they now take off the lid, and fill the little bottle with water, and then squirt the water into their mouthes. I wouldn't care.. however, students get very hyper when drinking this stuff (whether it is a product of the Mio, or simply him or herself) and it is very distracting during class. All I can say... hopefully this is a phase.
THE THOUGHTS OF A FIFTH GRADE TEACHER
Hopefully it is a phase... just like silly bands, live strong bands, and smencils! :)
ReplyDeleteI'm not aware of the smencils but I'm quite sure they need not be in my classroom! I had no idea Mio bottles were so popular. I'll have to go find one and try it out. Phase or no phase- I call it "Cabin Fever."
ReplyDeleteI have a first grader that, because of medical issues, is allowed to have a water bottle on his desk. However he insists on drinking mio and will not drink plain water. I don't know what is in that stuff but its worse than koolaid when it spills.
ReplyDeleteCandice I love your hook! Mio! At first I thought you threw in some Spanish onto your blog. So Mio is not sugarfree? not koolaid? I guess I have to look into it more. I allow my students to bring in water bottles and they have the opportunity to fill it with ice cold water from a jug I have "water jug fillers" prepare every morning. I can't stand drinking warm water and need ice water.
ReplyDeleteI'm in the matter unit in science and we teach solutions. I might use Mio instead of the sugar free koolaid I've used in the past. :)