Hurricane Break

With no school for the entire past week, the neighborhood has been hopping. On a normal day, we have LOTS of kids out riding bikes, scooters, rip sticks, skateboards...throwing balls, hula hooping and hanging out. This week the amount of kids has about doubled, with kids from toddler age on up to high school. Lots of people are staying with families here because we have had power all week. The boredom of being out of school indefinitely has definitely worn off and the kids are starting to get bored. As I am typing, I have 5 or 6 kids watching a movie in my living room. On Friday, a group of them made an "obstacle course" in our backyard. I walked back there to take pictures and was amazed at the level of organization. A junior high kid was supervising the whole thing, and younger kids were standing in line at stations to take their turns. Then later they all went in to draw their favorite part of the obstacle course. If only my classroom were that organized all the time.