The Turtles @ AFS: The Beauty of Unexpected Endings

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Wednesday, February 1, 2012

The Beauty of Unexpected Endings

Today was a gloriously beautiful day, and we set out with our wagons to go and get the wood for our house from April, the Theater Tech teacher. Tamara texted her to let her know that we were coming. We took turns pulling the wagon, and soon made it to the big school, stopping to watch the big kids play basketball on the way.

Just then Tamara got a text saying that April was home sick! The Turtles were at first flummoxed. How come she wasn't there? What could we do?
It didn't take long to realize that there were tons of things to do on such a beautiful day!

We climbed on the rock pile,

discovered that we could write by scraping the rocks on the pavement,

found the school's vegetable patch where some beautiful brocoli was growing,

gave each other wagon rides,

climbed a pole (with strong Fran's assistance),

played on the bridge,

and went fishing in the stream.

So while we didn't get the wood for our house, we had many many other delightful experiences!

Earlier in the classroom had been very artistic as the Turtles returned to one of their favorite mediums, liquid water colors, and experimented with using oil pastels on black paper.