I hope I don't bore you by re-capping these events, but I like to highlight the fantastically creative kids who attend! For this particular occasion, I was attempting a new format for the Magical Scale Challenge for two reasons: 1) Since the kids were eager to play the game at my previous event, I figured I should let them play (and make them do all the work), and 2) I didn’t have a large white-board at my disposal that I need if I am to perform the challenges.
With kids, you really just need to show them once, and then, they bring their own flair. After all the times I have performed this challenge, I was floored by the unique perspective they brought to each word challenge, and by their desire to add rules to make the game more challenging.
The biggest surprise came with the challenge “hat.” Lily, one of my older competitors, was doing a fine job with the décor she was adding to her hat. But I kept looking at the bottom of her board and wondering why she wasn’t closing up that bottom edge of the hat. After all, the brim has a bottom edge, right?
You see from the picture just WHY she didn’t close it up. She also made up rules as she went along, and so next time, watch out. This game is simply NOT just for kids anymore.
Thanks to my friend Gretchen and to James of the Mount Vernon Park Association, who helped organize this event.
With kids, you really just need to show them once, and then, they bring their own flair. After all the times I have performed this challenge, I was floored by the unique perspective they brought to each word challenge, and by their desire to add rules to make the game more challenging.
The biggest surprise came with the challenge “hat.” Lily, one of my older competitors, was doing a fine job with the décor she was adding to her hat. But I kept looking at the bottom of her board and wondering why she wasn’t closing up that bottom edge of the hat. After all, the brim has a bottom edge, right?
You see from the picture just WHY she didn’t close it up. She also made up rules as she went along, and so next time, watch out. This game is simply NOT just for kids anymore.
Thanks to my friend Gretchen and to James of the Mount Vernon Park Association, who helped organize this event.
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