Anyway, a while back Max was given a special bag to bring home from school over the weekend. It had a book, a notebook and a bear in it.
He loved and adored the bear, naturally. (you'd think he didn't have 100,000 stuffed animals of his own)
Kris named the bear Herbert, and Herbert accompanied Max during all activities.
The book was called If.
Max was quite in love with it too. They had read it a couple times at school and he knew it well.
I asked him to find a couple of his favorite pages for us.
They'll give you a good taste for the book.
(If caterpillars were toothpaste) ewwwww.
(If lightening made rhinos)
(if leaves were fish) this one is my personal favorite.
The book ends with the line "If this is the end, go dream up some more."
The notebook was in the bag so that the kids could dream up their own pages. We talked about a lot of different ideas, and somehow it all came down to this one.
I'm not sure it was his best idea, but it was his favorite and that's all that matters.
(If noodles were clouds)
They each got to have the bag one other day, and that time his page ended up saying "If buses were whales." I really liked that one, and liked that Max attempted to draw a whale with a stop sign coming out the side. It was an awesome idea.
I thought this was a fun exercise that got us thinking creatively. I think we might have to get the book.
5 comments:
What a cute idea!! I always love hearing things that other teachers do, even though I don't teach right now, I definitely appreciate a creative, fun activity! And Max is cute too :)
That is so fun! I love how you share all the fun things he does. The signs are awesome! He is such a creative boy!
What if dads were bears? What if moms were pillows? Or chocolate cake? And dads were wood shavings? Or rain? What if Max were a small forest animal and Ginna was a willow tree? WHAT IF KRIS WERE A TOOTH???? What if Sultan walked on his hind legs all the time? Would he hit his head on the door frames? What if breakfast was jelly beans and dinner was always fish pizza? What if we loved you all SOOOOO much that we blew up like balloons? What if tomorrow was Saturday? Oh - woops. It IS.
What a fabulously creative idea!! I LOVE IT when teachers actually love what they do and it shows by the things they do with their students. Frazz has been blessed to have such a fun teacher that makes learning what it is supposed to be. FUN!
What a neat book, and a very clever, creative boy. Great post, Gin!
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