I find that some parents have trouble creating whimsical characters for their children, not wanting them to believe in "silly" or "unrealistic" things. However, as I have mentioned before, children learn from every experience. No child will believe in Santa forever, however, Santa may teach them to think outside the box! There will come a day when they figure it out, but they will have the tools to see beyond reality. They learn to think beyond what is right in your face; a great skill for innovative thinkers.
That being said, there is no greater joy as a parent or teacher to see your tiny's face light up with the magic of the holidays! The beautiful innocence is raw and their minds are working to comprehend new things! To dream up new ideas. To become detectives to see what they can see!
That's why this week in my preschool class, we got quite a few visits from "Lucky the Leprechaun." We started with a note from Lucky sprinkled with green glitter and a GIANT mess! I did not take as many pictures as I should have, but he knocked over the rocking chair and threw the beans from our bean box all over the room! The note challenged us to catch him if we can!
From the moment of Lucky's first visit, the kids took the reigns.
Some wrote him letters; "Lucky, please do not color on our papers!"
Others made traps, and a few scoured the room for more clues.
Whether it was a mess intended for the Leprechaun, or something we forgot to clean up ourselves, anything that was awry in the room was blamed on Lucky. Every time he came through, he left green glitter as his trademark.
He dumped golden coins in the sandbox, played with our tools, colored on some papers, walked in some green paint, step danced all over our table, turned our milk green, and finally he left chocolate gold coins with a note telling us to try to catch him again next year! Sneaky little leprechaun. He even did things I didn't expect, like paint on the mulch in our playground and leave crumbs under the lunch table!
Tinies are only tiny for a little while. Do not close the world of wonderment for them. Imagination creates great thinkers!
Happy St. Patrick's Day!
St. Patrick: Pray for us!
Did you create any special St. Patrick's Day memories with your tinies this year?
No comments:
Post a Comment