How will the package get to Cedar: Theory Drawings Part I

"How will Cedar's package get to Kenya? Do you remember your theory?  Your idea?" 

Today, we wanted to offer the children an opportunity to draw their working theories about how our package of messages will get to Cedar, in Kenya.  They have been discussing them quite a bit, but we wanted to gain some more insight into how they were thinking about these big ideas (e.g. Trains, bridges, owls, airplanes, the force, frozen water and magical powers, containers, phones, etc.).  We made the choice to provide long, horizontal paper, to represent the connection between our home and Cedar's home in Kenya; we've been looking at the world map quite a bit, and they have been tracing their fingers along different, linear paths to Kenya. We also had maps, the copies of our messages to Cedar, and some photos of the package we sent. 

"How would he [owl] get this package all the way across the water?" - Elyse 
"Him gonna fly with wings. Like an airplane. The airplane has strong wings." - Audrey
"What does he use to hold the package?" - Elyse 
"On his back; with his wings." - Audrey

"This owl. Owl in him nest with baby owls. The babies gonna fly, and the babies gonna carry the package too." - Audrey
"Now my owls are done." - Audrey

"How is Cedar's message going to get all the way to Kenya?" - Elyse 
"We are all the way over here in Washington, D.C. It [package] could go to another house; mail it to other people." - Giacomo

"So, we need these...to Kenya...I can see the map. We have to go right here..and here. This is where the water is, and this is where we live over the water. This is a bridge. SO, this is like this because we blast off! Blast off! [moves pen across paper]." - Giacomo
"Is that how you connect D.C. to Kenya?" - Elyse 
"Yeah. But if we have to go there, you have to get an airplane. And then you fly [pen moves all the way across the paper] to Kenya."  - Giacomo
"Do you think that's how our package may get there?" - Elyse 
Yeah. SO, we need to walk...got an iPad if we on the airplane and then we flyyyyyyy [pen moves across the paper and into the air] over the airplane to Kenya, where you can stop. Now you get to Kenya. But, you also have to know where you are with a map. We over here. Now, Cedar lives right here." - Giacomo

"I think so, I have an idea. I'm going to help you." - Janie
"What are you going to help me do?" - Elyse
"Send it to Cedar." - Janie

"I'm drawing over to Kenya." - Janie