Superheroes Save Us (Again)
It is not my job to change the storyline or even to create the storyline adding details that I know and that they may not. This is the children's domain. I can only help them find the keys to the play -- to change how they try to enter the play. Superheroes to the rescue!
This is Ours
The older children, the Tracks, were quite concerned about cutting up the tree while the younger Leaves wanted an inventory of our saws because they would need A LOT of saws to get the work they had in mind done. The only thing left to do is to make sure the structures are waterproof!
There can only be one Clara and other tales from nursery school
As you can imagine, when he declared, "I am Clara and there can only be one," more than one taffeta-clad person stopped in their high-heeled tracks and said, "That's not true. I am Clara," and "No, I am Clara." Rather than playing the who is the real Clara, we launched into a conversation about how many Claras the play would support.