Thursday, April 7, 2011

Pretend Play and Magical Thinking


Name: Princess Starra Bucks
Date of birth: August 10, 1991
Age: 20
Place of birth: Seattle
Currently living: Manhattan, New York City
Occupation: A student studying photography at Columbia University.
Language (s): English, Italian, French, Chinese, German, Arabic
Likes: being with friends and family/ alternative, jazz and a huge fan of Josh Groban/ reading/ sandwich wraps such as her all time favourite
รจ egg white, spinach & feta wrap/ teas/frappachinos/ the outdoors/nature/ Breakfast
Dislikes: Vandalism/Vulgarness Pollution/ Global Warming/ being alone/ unfriendly people
Hobbies: re-arranging furniture in her room, designing art work, riding bikes, photography
Arch Nemesis:  Tim Horton’s


      Once Upon a time in a kingdom far, far away aka Manhattan New York, there lived a beautiful princess named Starra Bucks.  She was a unique princess as her long luscious hair was naturally ivy green.  Her best friend was her pet pigeon named…“Pigeon” who had always travelled with her wherever she went.  It was like having company and a best friend with you 24/7.  She is the only child, and was spoiled rotten ever since she was little.  Her Father, aka the King Of Manhattan, Starsky Hutch Bucks, was the most powerful man in America owning an abundance of coffee shops and partaking in community organizations all over the world- his current work: STARBUCKS RED.  Yes, he was a big deal… bigger than President Barak Obama. 
      The Queen on the other hand, named, Queen Latifah Bucks, was also a powerful women, participating in community organizations alongside the King.  But what the Queen was most known for was her talent as an r&b recording artist.
Ofcourse her parent’s had already paved the way for success for Princess Starra, she was inspired and took photography at Columbia University. 
You could say she had led the perfect glam life, but behind all that- it was the life that Princess Starra did not like living.  The Princess was unhappy.  But your probably wondering, why is Princess Starra so sad when she has got everything just at the tips of her fingers!?!? Well kids… I will answer for you.  Yes she did have everything, everything that didn’t include… love.
      You see Princess Starra did fall in love when she had travelled to Canada for school for a year.  But it wasn’t your typical fairytale ending love… it was forbidden n love. (DUN DUN DUN- Haha sorry I had to)  That’s right kids! She had fallen inlove with Prince Tim Jr. Horton’s, her family’s Arch Nemesis.
    King Tim Horton’s had own all coffee shops in Canada, and were known to have the best and yet addicting coffee in the entire world.  Tim Horton’s business was ever growing and was slowly expanding into American territory, which King Starsky Hutch Bucks did not like.  Ofcourse, these conflicting families have been at competition with each other for centuries, and it was not the smartest move for Princess Starra to fall in love with someone that was disliked.
Princess Starra was in a dilemma. What do you think her next move should be…
1) Ignore her affection for Prince Tim Jr. Horton
2) Pursue her affection for Prince Tim. Jr. Horton openly- her parent’s can’t be mad at her forever
OR…
3) Keep the relationship a secret…

To be continued…

As an Early Childhood Educator... it is important to be creative when you are given any situation and/or inanimate object.  Try to make the best of what you have, and create a story based on suggestions and opinions from the children.  Make sure children are involved in the process of creating the story, as it makes the story more intriguing to them, because they feel they are apart of the story being told.  Add a little spunk to the story while your telling it by adding background music that correlates with the dialogue!


Art Word of the Week: Shape 
Shape "refers to the outside form of a two-dimensional object that has length and width" (Schirrmacher & Fox, 2009, p. 140).  Shape also has its "own qualities and personalities to it as well"(p. 140). 
For this blog, i looked at the shape of the illustration on the cup.  It really inspired me to formulate the objects personally by looking at the circular illustration.
References
Schirrmacher, R., & Fox, J. E. (2009). Art & Creative Development for Young Children (6 ed.). Belmont, CA: Delmar.

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