Wonka Vision?

As you know, our students have become very interested in topics such as interviews, entertainment, and the ubiquitous television.

During a discussion about TV, the question came up, “How do those people and animals get inside your television?”  The answers were both quaint and hilarious.  Here is a transcript of the conversation for your enjoyment:
Me: How do people get in to the TV?
Child 1: The characters jump in a pot and then they show up on the screen.
Child 2: There is a door in the back.
Child 3: The spy kids sneak in at night-time.
Child 4: They go through a cat’s tummy.
Child 5: They go into the toilet and get flushed down and they end up on TV.
Child 3: People draw on their heads and that’s the key to get into TV.
Child 6: They just try to run through the TV.  And they jump from TV to TV in your neighbor’s house.

We will be supporting this fascination by taking a trip to WQED’s studio tomorrow morning. We will depart from the school at 8:45 and will return around noon (depending on traffic). This will provide a regular morning for any half-day students. The students will be able to tour the studios, meet people who work in the business, and hopefully find out a definite answer of how people get in the television.

Field Trip Tomorrow!

Don’t forget, we will be visiting Harvest Valley Farms tomorrow.  Please make sure you child has weather appropriate clothing and a jacket.  I suggest that they wear either rain boots or old tennis shoes as well.  We will be walking through the pumpkin patch and there’s no telling how muddy it might be.  We can always change shoes once we return to our class around noon.  I’ll be sure to take lots of pictures to share with you!

Our First Venture

Our first field trip has been scheduled.  We will be visiting Harvest Valley Farms on October 5th.  Here is a blurb from their flier describing what our tour will include:

  • [An] educational and entertaining skit to show the farm vegetables to the students.
  • Visit the animals down in the barn.
  • Pick a pumpkin in the “Most Sincere” Pumpkin Patch.
  • Return to the Country Store for a glass of apple cider.