The elephant in the room

Thank you Grandmommy

We are so grateful that Sophia, Maxon's Grandmommy, came to share her piano playing skills with us this morning, and Maxon was able to accompany her from the bench. She added some lively piano to our sing-a-long, and we sang some cheerful, holiday favorites.  Thank you to everyone who joined us this morning.  

After our incredible professional development session with the Levine School, we are looking forward to adding some new and exciting songs and elements to sing-a-long in the near future.    We are looking forward to having you join us on this journey!  

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"There was an elephant at sing-a-long today!" - Lochie

Wait, what?  Did you see it?  Did you see the elephant at sing-a-long today? If you are like the other grown-ups, you might have missed it, but he was certainly there; the children reassured of us this fact.  They all agreed, there was an elephant in Blake Hall, and then he followed us up to the classroom.  

"Did you see me? I was right next to the elephant [at sing-a-long]." - Lochie 

​Once we determined he was in the room, of course we had to know where we could find him.  The first location was up above the shadow screen, on the wall.  Then he was hanging out behind the shadow screen, so we had to take a look.  

"Look! I found him!" - Lochie 
"He's a big one!" - Lochie 
{children screaming with joy]
"If we scream, does it scare him?" - Elyse 
"No." - Lochie
"He's scary." - Janie 
"I petted him!" - Lochie 
"We can pet the elephant?" - Elyse 
"YES!" - The group 

The children had many theories about how big he and his teeth were: 
"He's this big [stretching hands to the ceiling]!" - George
"No, I think this big {holding hand wide open}!" - Giacomo
"Or like this [arms stretched side to side]!" - Janie
"I think he is medium." - Jack 

After a discussion about the elephant's size, where he was located, and how he got there (still wondering about this one), we shifted the conversation towards their similar spotting of an elephant (and other animals) in the sky over the past few months.  This also had loose ties to their theory that the spotlight on the shadow screen is the moon.  With all of these thoughts and theories in mind, we invited them back to the shadow screen to explore, create, and construct.  

Did the children tell you all about this elephant?  Did they share any additional information or theories about what he looks like, or where he came from?  We'd love to hear what else they may have had to say about it.