Monday, September 26, 2005
Friends, Fun and Values
We had our second session of JR OWL yesterday... We had 12 kids (so there were 3 new ones) and it went really well. Our theme was "values"... and we had an auction so that everyone was given $300 and they could bid on whatever value was most important to them.
Oliver bid on (and won) "being good looking and popular" while his friend Eric bid on (and won) "being a good friend". It was interesting to see what different kids would bid on. Then we had a good talk about where we get our values and how one might transmit our own values to our children. It was a lot of fun.
There was also a training going on all weekend for new teachers for OWL and I got to meet quite a few of the visiting people. Some were here from Fredericton (New Brunswick), Toronto, Kingston and Durham region.
Yesterday afternoon I took Owen, Zoe, Oliver and Oliver's friend Eric to see the Corpse Bride. It was pretty cool - not as dark and scary as Nightmare Before Christmas. I really loved the music. We also saw the trailer for the new Harry Potter movie which looks amazing.
Oliver bid on (and won) "being good looking and popular" while his friend Eric bid on (and won) "being a good friend". It was interesting to see what different kids would bid on. Then we had a good talk about where we get our values and how one might transmit our own values to our children. It was a lot of fun.
There was also a training going on all weekend for new teachers for OWL and I got to meet quite a few of the visiting people. Some were here from Fredericton (New Brunswick), Toronto, Kingston and Durham region.
Yesterday afternoon I took Owen, Zoe, Oliver and Oliver's friend Eric to see the Corpse Bride. It was pretty cool - not as dark and scary as Nightmare Before Christmas. I really loved the music. We also saw the trailer for the new Harry Potter movie which looks amazing.
