My last post was two weeks ago. Last time, I wrote that we were revamping the world of Harry Potter. Alas, that never came to pass. You see, the story cubes took off and the boys wanted to continue with it. So for the last classes for all the time slots, Rory and his story cubes ruled the day. I am finding that it's a great tool and must shout out to the mom who suggested it to me. Thank You, Elizabeth, for the recommendation. It's been a hit. Last week, I used the cubes as a story telling tool, and I wrote down the kids', ideas and read them back. This week, we didn't write the stories, instead, we turned into story tellers. Last week, 27 kids collaborated and used the teacher as a ghostwriter. This week teacher and students told individual stories. That is, until the entrance of the little brother. Little brother entered the scene early on in the marathon class, earlier today. He was playing with some stones that he blithely informed us were magic rocks.
Magic rocks, you say? Magic rocks. It's one of those ideas that, once taken hold, refuses to go away. We all decided to write a story about magic rocks. My students wrote complete stories that have a beginning, a middle, and an end. I, however, had so many ideas I feel the beginning of a longer story. We will see what comes of that in the next few weeks.
And speaking of, Inkreadable Kids is taking a hiatus. There are no group classes for the next few weeks. Instead I am going to teach individual students that I promised to tutor once school ends. Then in the third week of June, Inkreadable Kids goes to summer camp. That's right following in the success of the camp day on May 2, we are going to teach the campers on a longer term basis. As I know more you will as well. That's all for this inkreadable installment. Stay tuned, as always, there's more to come.
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