So I’ve started working on classroom decorating, and I think it’s turning into a set-design sort of activity, which is appropriate since these props will help set the stage for helping learning take place-I hope. Otherwise my newly acquired sewing skills will really be going to waste. That’s right, I took my first spin behind a sewing machine last night, and with my wife’s close supervision, I came back with no inadvertent piercings in my hands, an operable sewing machine, and passable renditions of some “wild things” with which to populate an off-the-beaten-trail learning environment. A few more evenings spent cutting, stitching, and stuffing and my very abbreviated version of Dr. Do-Little’s menagerie will be complete (cue lightning, staccato piano, and maniacal cackling).
We’ll see if this endeavor pays off. I’m basing it on what I would’ve found engaging as a 5th grader when I walked into class on the first day; admittedly, though, I have always been easily amused and not terribly sophisticated, so this could go wrong in a hurry. More on that worrisome possibility later.
In the meantime, wish me luck-I tangle with the needle-wielding mangling machine again tonight.
Mr I
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