C4T #2, post 1 and 2

"It's Gone"

On Teacher Tom's blog post "It's Gone", he talks about how he has a shipping crate outside of his classroom for as long as most of the current enrolled students have been there. The kids in his class play in it. It was originally flipped on its side with a bug terrarium on top of it. All the kids 'hideout' on the side that is open. He one day decided to flip it on its bottom so that the side that was open was facing the sky, he figured the kids would like climbing inside and out of it. The next day a few of his students stood around the crate talking about the changes. Tom says that he prefers his kind of playground rather that the 'tidy fixed equipment ones' because you can change it ever so slightly and make it a whole new place.

My Response: In my response, I said that I liked his post and found it interesting to see how children react to different things. Even if the change is minor, kids will notice it and take wonder. It's cool to see how they use their imagination because there is no telling what they could be pretending the crate could be!

"Those Guys Were Really Nice To Me"
On Teacher Tom's blogpost, "Those Guys Were Really Nice To Me", he talks about how in the 5's class they are playing the game Animal Twister. Animal Twister is basically the same as regular Twister except you use animals and the first one to "capture" the animal that is called out wins the card. He said that normally he is the "caller", but on mondays he would turn the duties over to Audrey. At one point in the game, Phil started to become frustrated because he couldn't win. He threw a mini tantrum and went over to Teacher Tom. After a while he rejoined the game, looking hopeless as ever. Audrey told everyone to not try this round and to let Phil win. Every other round they would alternate so Phil could win some. After the round was complete Phil went and did something else. Teacher Tom went over and talked to him to see if he was feeling better. He then replied by saying, "Those guys were really nice to me."

My Response;
In my response, I stated that the story was such a sweet story and that more people in the world should be like Audrey. It's amazing that a five year old can be filled with such kindness!