Dear Parents,
We began our week writing a story. Each child added a sentence. “There was a little girl and a pig walking through a forest, when animals rushed in…Everyone gets eaten by a stomping monster,” and later, “burped out.” In addition to eating animals, the monster enjoys french fries and chocolate cake. After we read the story, someone said, “That is the weirdest story!”
On Tuesday we wrote a second story. It begins with a pretty princess who makes friends with a jaguar, but is soon eaten by him. He befriends another jaguar while looking at shops. Later, they hunt deer and rabbits. After dodging a tornado, the two live happily ever after, in a castle atop a beanstalk.
We had planned to act out the story on Thursday, but the children were much too excited to wait. So, we had many princesses, three jaguars, four tornadoes, and two audience members. We had to stop once while acting because the pandemonium was so loud, we startled a dog who was downstairs and started barking.
Our last tumbling class with Casey was a hit. She gave everyone a medal. The ceremony was similar to the Olympics, with a platform of mats to stand on, while she placed medals around their necks.
While half the class was tumbling, the rest of us worked on our third story of the week. It began with the Biggest Tornado Ever and ended with a mosquito and a frog swimming at the beach.
On Thursday we acted out two more stories. For the first one, we used animal props and our finger puppets. For the second, we went in the big room and the children played the characters. Both were exciting, and then some. Usually the class is so thrilled during the acting, that they forget to listen to the narration and begin to run willy-nilly. We did manage to complete both stories. And then went to play in the big room.
On Friday, we acted out our third story on the stage in the big room, The Dragon and the Tornado. Our tornados looked especially synchronized spinning around. All the performers were eager to take a bow at the end of the show. Bravo!
Have a fantastic break,
Therese and Nicole