in the classroom

I spent some joyful moments last night as I prepared for today's lesson:

cutting 1,568 rectangles of tissue paper

and practicing my folds

and many more joyful moments were spent this afternoon

as I and 28 children made tissue paper stars together

joy in the classroom

it was nice

for some of the boys, the folding was tricky

they feel as if they are all thumbs

we started calling them ninja stars

and the folding became martial arts minus any fighting

there was great success!

I said, "a Jedi folder, you are, young man"

and the smile was contagious

simple joys and small successes 

it was nice

they all brought their stars home

- as did I -

and these they are:

(the how to: http://arwenart.com/tutorials/windowstars/)