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NEVER TOO COLD FOR ICE CREAM - Bright Eyes Academy … · Ice Cream” Karen Jones January 6th,2017...
Transcript of NEVER TOO COLD FOR ICE CREAM - Bright Eyes Academy … · Ice Cream” Karen Jones January 6th,2017...
NEVERTOOCOLDFORICECREAMAswewereoutsidetoday,Inoticedafewofthechildrenwerebusymovingtheplanksaround.Iwalkedovertoseewhattheywerebuilding.
Oncetheplankswere‘inplace’,EmilysaidtoIris,“Puttheiceontheicecreammachine.”
Irisputtheiceonepieceatatimeonthe“icecreammachine”thegirlswatchedastheicerolldowntheplank.
Astheicemadeitswaytothebottom,Emilyshoutedouttheflavoursoficecreamstheiricecreamfactorycarried(thereweresomanyflavours,eventomato).
Whentheyfinishedmakingalltheicecream,theymadeanicecreamstand.Thentheystartedshouting,“Whowantsicecream?Whowantsicecream?”Soon,childrenflockedtotheirstandforthisdelicioustreat!.
IrisandEmilyaskedthemwhatflavourtheywanted.Thechildrentoldthem,andtheygavethemtheiricecream.SophiawantedstrawberryicecreamandFionaaskedforastrawberryicecreamaswell.
Lydiacameoverandsaid,“Iwantsomeicecream.”Emilyaskedher,“Whatflavourdoyouwant.”Lydiaanswer,“Idon’tknow.”Emilysaid,“Howaboutpineapple.”Lydiasaid,“Ok.”Shetooktheicecream
andpretendedtoeattheicecreamasshewalkedawayhappily.
BothWillandFrankiehadsomeoftheicecreamtoo.Theirflavourswereoutofthisworld.Will“OptimistPrime”andFrankiehad“Decepticon”flavouricecream.
Jamie,oneofournewerfriendtothe3-5program,wasvisitingJimifromthetoddlerside.Sheheardthegirlsshouting“Whowantsicecream?”Shesaid,“Youwanticecream?”Jimirepeated,“Ice.”Jamieanswered,“Ok.”
Jamieranovertothegirls,andthenranbacktoJimiandsaid“Here’syouricecream,”andhandedtheicecreamtoJimi.
EDUCATOR’SReflection
Atfirst,whenInoticedthechildrenplayingwiththeplanks,Ididn’tthinkmuchofit,astheplankshavebeenapermanentmaterialinourbackyardandarebroughtfromplacetoplaceeachday,movedandmanipulatedinmanyways,usuallyassomesortoframporplacetomakethingsgo.IamsogladthatIwatchedthewholemomentunfold.Inthismoment,Iwasfascinatedbythechildren’screativity.Theytooktheirtimecreatingtheiricecreammachinewhichthenmorphedintoanicecreamstandwiththesameplanks.Thisshowedmethatsometimeslessismore,theydidn’tneedmorematerialstoseetheirvisionthroughtheyneededthetimetothinktheirexperiencethroughandbecameinnovativewiththematerialsthattheyhad.
Thegenerosityofthechildrenwasjustasamazing.Theygaveoutmostoftheiricecreamthattheycollectedandmade.Thechildren’simaginationwiththeiricecreamflavoursweren’tlimitedbytheconfinesof‘traditional’flavours,theyallowedtheirimaginationtogowildandtheywereopentoallideas.
OneofthemomentsthatstoodouttomethemostwaswhenJaimeofferedicecreamtoJimi,notallowingthefencetobeabarriertoafriendshipthathadbeencreatedoverthepastyearintheITprogram.ItwasasifJaimewasofferingthisicecreamasatokenoffriendshipsaying‘Iamstillthinkingaboutyou.’
“I Scream, You
Scream,
We all Scream for
Ice Cream”
KarenJones January6th,2017