Tag Archives: imagination

superheroes.

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a rare sighting

of the superheroes

holding a secret summit meeting

 sharing brave case stories, making plans, and at the ready to help their classmates.

shhhhh…

“you are not too small. no one is ever too small to offer help.”
― emlyn ehand, honey the hero

fantastical.

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one of the best parts of spending my days teaching

is hearing all the fantastical tales

that spring from the kinder

with their open eyes and open hearts. 

 

image credit: nicolette sowder, wilderchild

boxed in.

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when the kinder have a bunch of boxes

and decide to play

indoor hide and seek

the teachers know

 they will need a lot of help to find them all.

“some of the most wonderful people are the ones who don’t fit into boxes.”

-tori amos

unicorn license.

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These images released by the Los Angeles County Animal Care and Control and posted via Instagram, shows a created a unicorn license tag, right, and a plush toy unicorn, after a young girl requested permission to have a unicorn in her backyard, if she could find one. Animal Care and Control Department officials said this week that they granted the unusual permit to Madeline, whose last name was redacted. (Los Angeles County Animal Care and Control via AP)

A girl named Madeline, with a vivid imagination and remarkable awareness of how bureaucracy can dash dreams, got her wish when she asked Los Angeles animal control authorities for a license to own a unicorn — if she’s able to find one.

The first-of-its-kind permit came with strings attached, however: The mythical creature must be provided ample exposure to sunlight, moonbeams and rainbows and have its horn polished at least once a month with a soft cloth.

Director Marcia Mayeda of the county Department of Animal Care and Control sent the girl a heart-shaped, rose-colored metal tag with “Permanent Unicorn License” emblazoned on it, along with a white fuzzy unicorn doll with pink ears, purple hooves and a silver horn.

The department’s response came after the girl wrote it a brief letter last month: “Dear LA County, I would like your approval if I can have a unicorn in my backyard if I can find one.”

Mayeda commended the girl for her “sense of responsible pet ownership to seek permission in advance” and for thoughtfully considering “the requirements of providing a loving home to animals.”

Its five conditions for unicorn ownership also require that any sparkles or glitter sprinkled on the animal be nontoxic and biodegradable, and that it be fed watermelon at least once a week.

“reason is the natural order of truth; but imagination is the organ of meaning.”

-C. S. Lewis

 

credits: los angeles county animal care and control, AP

“believe nothing you hear and only one half that you see.” – edgar allan poe

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remember when 

you heard all those scary stories in the dark?

where you looked in your rearview mirror and saw

the man with the hook/claw/bones in your backseat?

think maybe i should wave this driver over to warn him?

“the thing I hate most about skeletons is you can never tell when they’re smiling.” 

-stephen blackmoore, american author

invisible.

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i can identify with this little one

 when i was a child

i believed

 when i had

my sunglasses on

no one could see me

now, i’m left wondering…

“vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others.”

-jonathan swift

rapunzel reimagined.

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not to be outdone

after one of his classmates

dramatically hung her long braid down from the tower

declaring she was rapunzel

ih decided he wanted to be rapunzel too

 dramatically hanging his bangs down from the tower

declaring he was rapunzel

and it’s true

you can never have too many rapunzels.