With the warming weather, the Turtles were so excited about spring, and they were noticing the budding green everywhere. Tamara is an avid gardener, and decided to bring experiences planting and growing to the Turtles. They planted seeds in the garden, including peas, petunias, radishes, zinnias, and lettuce. The Turtles kept referring to their plants as beanstalks, so we decided to plant beans too.
Why a Beanstalk?
During our Meanness Project, we were trying to get the meanness out of our room. One child suggested that giants like meanness, and so we should make a beanstalk and take the meanness to the giants.
Making a Story
With the planting of beans, and the creation of a giant paper beanstalk wrapping around the climber, the beanstalk idea was well established in the room. The Turtles are very familiar with the story of Jack and the Beanstalk, and wanted to act out the play. A teacher suggested that we could write our own story, the story of The Turtles and The Beanstalk, and the Turtles were instantly galvanized.
During Morning Meeting, each child decided who they wanted to be. Then we started dictating the story, round-robin style, each child adding a piece of the action. We will continue to work on the story, re-drafting it until it is just right, and all the Turtles have a role to play.
(open to editing)
a ninja: Matt
a super Pat
the King of the Cat lion: Wills: it kinda looks like a black widow
a princess, Cinderella: Madison
a princess wizard: Madigan
a princess wizard: Gabby
a princess wizard: Ella
the real giant: Jacob
a princess: Zara
Super Cat Lion: David
the King of All the People: Caimin
the Queen of the Mermaid Tower: Fran
a fairy: Tamara
Queen of the Cat Lions: Maria
a fairy: Maliya
a fairy: Sadie
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