The Rocks are Alive ...

The Friendship Rock:

This week children are choosing, cleaning, and decorating their friendship rocks.  On Tuesday, Damon, Eva, and Zoe chose their special rocks, while Elaine, Matthew and Allye painted their rocks.  I asked the children why they chose their rocks, this is what they said:

Damon:  This is a BIG rock, my new friend can be big big like me and the Hulk, okay?

Eva:  It's a nice rock, I can feel it.  I'm going to clean it a lot.

Zoe:  I just liked it.  I don't know if it's a boy or a girl, right now it's just a rock with dirt on it.

Some children chose to paint their pet rock many colours and some chose to paint their rocks one colour for a variety of reasons:

Matthew:  It's just nice to see a lot of colour

Allye:  Purple and sea green are like Elsa and Anna

Elaine:  I like green.  Maybe my rock can go in the garden.

Once the children began to decorate their rocks with paint and eyes their rocks became alive.  Today, after Nico put the eyes on her rock she said "Now she can see me."  I asked her about what sort of things will she see when you take her home?  Nico said : "She'll see me draw, maybe I can teach her."  We both smiled at each other with a little giggle.