Aliens on Mt. Baldy!??

In the afterschool program I run, on a clear day there is a beautiful view of Mt. Baldy. Also, because the percent chance of everything running the way you plan is quite low, most of the time you need to adapt to the current conditions. Yesterday the MPR was in use, so I opted to keep my group outside at the lunch benches. Hey, it was nice out there. So anyway, the students are to work on editing a story. Using small groups they had the a 1 page story with errors all over, and they need to practice using proper editing marks as defined by their low standard strand scores. So, as they pretend to work diligently, I had little Miss Sydney exclaim to me that there was a weird thing on the top of the mountain. Now, let’s pause.

These are 2nd-3rd grade students. Their imaginations are not tainted yet. They mean no harm, and they certainly can play the innocent, ignorant child card. I took a look at the mountain which is REALLY FAR AWAY, and make a very bold observation, turn back to sweet Miss. Sydney and say, “Oh, that’s just the aliens.”
WHHHAAAAAAAATTTTTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!!?????????
Now Sydney tells her friend, and she tells her 2 friends, and she tells her 2 friends… and so it goes. So now, as they continue to work on their assignment, I can hear them trying to point out the strange brown alien ship on the mountaintop. How elaborate their little minds are.

Mr. Awesome, here to confuse the minds and exercise the imagination of youngsters each and every day.