Tag: school

  • Week of discoveries and re-discoveries

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    Monday didn’t really feel like a Monday, since we rolled into it after having ALF-ed through the weekend upstate. I love getting to play with wonderful adults and hang in beautiful Chatham, but there’s always a point where I become impatient to come back to the kids. We filled the weekly schedule board! We cheered…

  • This week…

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    …started with partner acrobatics and will end shortly with a candle-lit gratitude circle (and probably a story-telling game).  I’m really tired and really happy. In the space this week, we had visitors come in to offer Taijichuan, an improv game called “Park Bench,” and over 3 hours of partner acrobatics. The kids are also in…

  • Werewolves in the Lunch Room

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    “Sleep-Keeper, return to sleep. Defender, awaken! Who do you choose to defend?” Sprawled in something like a circle on the worn, back-room couches, kids and adults are covering their eyes, small, white squares of paper in front of them. Open-eyed and speaking, a Game Master paces among them calling out cues, conducting murders and rescues,…