NEVER TOO COLD FOR ICE CREAM As we were outside today, I noticed a few of the children were busy moving the planks around. I walked over to see what they were building. Once the planks were ‘in place’, Emily said to Iris, “Put the ice on the ice cream machine.” Iris put the ice one piece at a time on the “ice cream machine” the girls watched as the ice roll down the plank. As the ice made its way to the bottom, Emily shouted out the flavours of ice creams their ice cream factory carried (there were so many flavours, even tomato). When they finished making all the ice cream, they made an ice cream stand. Then they started shouting, “Who wants ice cream? Who wants ice cream?” Soon, children flocked to their stand for this delicious treat!.
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NEVERTOOCOLDFORICECREAMAswewereoutsidetoday,Inoticedafewofthechildrenwerebusymovingtheplanksaround.Iwalkedovertoseewhattheywerebuilding.
Oncetheplankswere‘inplace’,EmilysaidtoIris,“Puttheiceontheicecreammachine.”
Irisputtheiceonepieceatatimeonthe“icecreammachine”thegirlswatchedastheicerolldowntheplank.
Astheicemadeitswaytothebottom,Emilyshoutedouttheflavoursoficecreamstheiricecreamfactorycarried(thereweresomanyflavours,eventomato).
Whentheyfinishedmakingalltheicecream,theymadeanicecreamstand.Thentheystartedshouting,“Whowantsicecream?Whowantsicecream?”Soon,childrenflockedtotheirstandforthisdelicioustreat!.
IrisandEmilyaskedthemwhatflavourtheywanted.Thechildrentoldthem,andtheygavethemtheiricecream.SophiawantedstrawberryicecreamandFionaaskedforastrawberryicecreamaswell.
Lydiacameoverandsaid,“Iwantsomeicecream.”Emilyaskedher,“Whatflavourdoyouwant.”Lydiaanswer,“Idon’tknow.”Emilysaid,“Howaboutpineapple.”Lydiasaid,“Ok.”Shetooktheicecream
andpretendedtoeattheicecreamasshewalkedawayhappily.
BothWillandFrankiehadsomeoftheicecreamtoo.Theirflavourswereoutofthisworld.Will“OptimistPrime”andFrankiehad“Decepticon”flavouricecream.
Jamie,oneofournewerfriendtothe3-5program,wasvisitingJimifromthetoddlerside.Sheheardthegirlsshouting“Whowantsicecream?”Shesaid,“Youwanticecream?”Jimirepeated,“Ice.”Jamieanswered,“Ok.”
Jamieranovertothegirls,andthenranbacktoJimiandsaid“Here’syouricecream,”andhandedtheicecreamtoJimi.
EDUCATOR’SReflection
Atfirst,whenInoticedthechildrenplayingwiththeplanks,Ididn’tthinkmuchofit,astheplankshavebeenapermanentmaterialinourbackyardandarebroughtfromplacetoplaceeachday,movedandmanipulatedinmanyways,usuallyassomesortoframporplacetomakethingsgo.IamsogladthatIwatchedthewholemomentunfold.Inthismoment,Iwasfascinatedbythechildren’screativity.Theytooktheirtimecreatingtheiricecreammachinewhichthenmorphedintoanicecreamstandwiththesameplanks.Thisshowedmethatsometimeslessismore,theydidn’tneedmorematerialstoseetheirvisionthroughtheyneededthetimetothinktheirexperiencethroughandbecameinnovativewiththematerialsthattheyhad.
Thegenerosityofthechildrenwasjustasamazing.Theygaveoutmostoftheiricecreamthattheycollectedandmade.Thechildren’simaginationwiththeiricecreamflavoursweren’tlimitedbytheconfinesof‘traditional’flavours,theyallowedtheirimaginationtogowildandtheywereopentoallideas.
OneofthemomentsthatstoodouttomethemostwaswhenJaimeofferedicecreamtoJimi,notallowingthefencetobeabarriertoafriendshipthathadbeencreatedoverthepastyearintheITprogram.ItwasasifJaimewasofferingthisicecreamasatokenoffriendshipsaying‘Iamstillthinkingaboutyou.’
“I Scream, You
Scream,
We all Scream for
Ice Cream”
KarenJones January6th,2017
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