For DS to come home from nursery to repeat.....

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"What do you want? A medal?"

When questioned (he'd never hear this in the house) he told me that one of the classroom leaders had said this to him at nursery today.

This doesn't sound like the kind of thing I'd expect as I thought sarcasm was supposed to be frowned on for early years.

Am just curious rather than completely

Remember though, what a child hears may be far different from what was said.

For example, when I worked in a nursery, we were doing ball games with the pre school kids. Two of my work mates were demonstrating to the kids something first and one said to a little boy 'you need to sit down or I might hit you' meaning that he was in the way of where the ball was going. Next morning his mum marched into the nursery office saying that he dc had came home and said 'miss x told me that if I didn't sit down she would hit me'

Simple mix up

It's a weird phrase to miss-hear though. If I am being generous, I would say that it might be something heard from one of the leaders to the other rather than to DS. Otherwise it is too precisely repeated. She may have said it under her breath (we all have a bad day) and DS does have big ears (when he chooses!).

Id be wanting to ask nursery the context in which it was said, I wouldnt be too happy

I would definitely be asking the nursery about this, It could be something completely innocent but I would want to know the context of what it was said.

Why don't you politely ask what your DC did so well to be offered a medal? That'll have them thinking twice if they said it with the wrong attitude.