With the play progressing with leaps and bounds and the costumes for the characters virtually finished (Kristin is a magician, clearly), the Owl teachers noticed that many of our players envision swords as props. This morning we had a focused discussion around the fact that in our school, we are a peaceful place and we make peaceful choices, and swords (even if they are not being used in the play) are not peaceful. The Owls were amazingly impressive with how receptive they were to this conversation, and we began talking about three things: what we can substitute into our play to take the place of swords, what things are safe and how to be safe.
Many solutions were easily brought to the table for our sword problem. Friends decided to use golden staffs, suction cup shooters, and things to tie up foes. We also brought up how we make safe choices: wearing seat belts, listening to mommies and daddies when they tell us to come in public places, street precautions, and more.
The Owls noticed that other classrooms were taking headshots and professional(ish) pictures, and decided that they wanted to be included in the photo fun. Here are some of the results:
Other Owlings:
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| The Catbirds made an I-Spy and let us try! |
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| Writing letters in the writing center |
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| More coloring of flubber |
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| Rehearsing...Rehearsing... |
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