Thursday, September 28th

The Perfect Day for a Picnic at Rose Park

After lunch, we made our way to the bigger park. One of the things we took away with us from our trips to Rose Park last year, was how the environment consistently lead to group dramatic play scripts. Keeping this in mind, we decided to bring along some dramatic play clothes to potentially enhance these episodes. And history proved correct! Today's group play scenario centered around a couple mean witches who wreaking havoc on a family of knights and princesses. 
Ellee: I'm playing the game -- off to defeat the bad guys!
Kate: What kind of bad guys?
Ellee: It used to be Jay and Cassius, but now there's new bad guys.
(Kate takes a turn as the wicked witch)
Lila: Hide here! I'm a statue!
(Hugh, Teagan, Max and Caleb show up!)
Vivienne: I guess all my friends wanted to play with me. 
Jay: I'm a knight and I have to fall in love with anyone named Rose.
Rose: There's a blizzard coming...and a new witch!
Prater: We put powers on the old witch so she would die. 
Ellee: (using her powers on Kate) 
Kate: What kind of powers do you have?
Ellee: Killing powers!
Kate: What about freezing powers?
Ellee: Come! Ellee takes Kate to the dungeon. 
(Many deaths occur...and bringing back to life)
Cassius: They're dead! Mother and Father are dead! (Prater and Jay)
Ellee: Let's go! We're running out of time. I will use my crying powers on them to bring them back to life. 
Lila: They're almost dead forever...we're running out of time! 
Eventually the knights, princesses, mother and father were able to flee from the wicked witch onto a boat (with Jill as their captain) to lead them to safety. 
Enjoy the slideshow from our eventful afternoon!