Good day today! We shook things up a bit. Did a little show for the kids before each class. Some classic clown scenarios, slapstick and relationship play (status -- one the boss, the other the doofus/ one straight, the other the jokester, e.g., or as in clown terms referred to as "white clown" and "August"). The kids laughed a lot! Great. I wasn't sure how it would go over, if they would laugh or just look at us strangely wondering what strange antics we were up to now. So great to see them laughing away all together. Humor truly is universal since the classic schtick we are doing they find hilarious too. Tripping and falling, dropping things, one clown making fun of the other, interrupting the serious clown with various antics and general goofing off. We riffed and improvised and kept the playing going -- playing off of the kids and each other -- and Liz discovers a game with the kids using the horn (honk honk), where we take turns chasing each other and have the kids chase us.
Then we did some clown movement and dance with the kids. Focus and participation good now.
And then, acrobatics! Rolls, cartwheels, headstand. The kids loved this and we had a lot of fun.
Boy, between the show (w/costumes on in the heat) and the acrobatics, we sure had a work-out today!
All in all a great week, great start. One more week to go (thru the 27th).
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Fantastic work you guys! I love this! Seems like such fun. Tell me more!
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