This past week we had "Parent Day" at school. The first half, when I'm with the younger kids, the parents just come and watch from the window (it's kinda creepy)...and once the kids see their parents in the window, most of them lose it and cry and cry. It's very comical. And of course, naturally, all the smart kids who always talk and know the answers and are all smiles and you can't get to stop talking, once they see that their parents are watching, refuse to participate and have the biggest frowns ever. Kids can be so weird.
The second half of the day, when I'm with the older kids, they put on a puppet show for their parents. We did The Three Little Pigs. I wrote the script for them and we rehearsed for weeks ahead. It turned out pretty well! We did two shows at two different times, one for the 7-8 year olds, and one for the 10-11 year olds.
The stage.
Should be practicing their lines.
"Little Pig, Little Pig, Let Me In!"
"Not by the hair of my chinny-chin-chin!"
They performed the puppet show for the younger students for practice and they loved it.
These are the 10-11 year olds taking a bow.
Behind the scenes.
I was able to record the 7-8 year old's rehearsal just before the parents came in.
I have some commentary during it telling kids to stop moving and to stop making noises, but you get to hear them talking with their little accents.
Their show for the parents turned out great. Of course, none of the parents could understand a word that was being said, but that's ok. I was proud of them all. The 10-11 year olds did great too.
After the parents all left, we told them they could have 20 minutes free time on the playground.
I took some photos for fun.
That's a wrap!
3 comments:
How fun! Thank you for sharing that Craig.
The wolf needs an academy award. Every time he popped up I laughed.
so cute. and great pics, like always. my favorite thing you said in this blog post? "kids can be so weird." <-agree!
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