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?
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“the thing I hate most about skeletons is you can never tell when they’re smiling.”
-stephen blackmoore, american author
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…
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“vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others.”
-jonathan swift
i have never seen a better radioactive spider in my life.
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“everything you can imagine is real”
-pablo picasso
this ice cream store features every flavor on earth.
and maybe the universe.
and they never run out of anything.
and it’s all free.
—
“you can pour melted ice cream on regular ice cream. It’s like a sauce!”
-chris pratt
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.
something is reaching under my door…………
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“imagination creates some big monsters.”
-olivier martinez
grandie b whips up a late night batch of her chocolate chip cookies
no recipe
improv as needed
no fear.
—
“cooking with kids is not just about ingredients, recipes, and cooking.
it’s about harnessing imagination, empowerment, and creativity.”
-guy fieri
lucky to see a rollicking game of dungeons and dragons
with grandies and friends
lots of action, imagination, and fun
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“it does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.”
-j.r.r. tolkien
today we took the dinos
out of their safety zone and into the snow
they went
in the playhouse
down the slide
in the hollow log
in the sandbox
climbed up
jumped down
made footprints and snow angels
roamed on dinosaur island
played tag
went to a party
loved the snow
they all had a such a good time and were worn out.
“my son’s always showing me pictures of dinosaurs and asking me what their names are.
i don’t know, so i make stuff up:
that, son is a thesaurus.”
-craig ferguson
my class has recently become enamored with a giant box of dinos
they play with them every day
create wildly imaginative scenarios
ask questions about real dinos
reassure me that the ones in our room are not real
one day when playing, a child asked
“would they wear masks if they were alive now?”
another jumped up to say
“never, ever, ever, ever, try to put a mask on a t-rex!!!!”
and an instant class book was born
what a brilliant title
others jumped in to offer reasons why you shouldn’t try to mask one
brainstorming was in full swing
some became illustrators
it is a fascinating and funny work in progress.
dinos may have left the earth forever, but books will never die.
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“stories are the common ground that allow people to connect, despite all our defenses and all our differences.”
-kate forsyth
I didn't have my glasses on.... 