Yesterday was the first day of winter at school. Opening day occurs on the day snow covers the grassy field and the blacktop becomes a slippery surface for sliding. At our school there are two snow rules.
1. Snow stays on the ground. If a snowball is thrown, the thrower will have to stand by wall.
2.The teacher on duty has the right to determine if a child is unsafe on the ice or equipment.
It was a joyful day for the children. Throughout the morning, from inside their classrooms, they watched snowflakes fall. When it was time for recess they bundled up and ran outside to play in the snow. And they ran, and they slid, and caught snowflakes on their mittens. Fun!
Two six year olds couldn't resist temptation and had a snowball fight. When asked to stop, they couldn't quite hear the duty's direction, so they were escorted to my office. I asked them if they remembered their teacher's snow rules. "Yeah," one boy said, "I remembered. But it was the wind."
"The wind?"
"The wind blew into my ear and said 'Thhhhhhrrrrooooowww snnnnoooow'!"
Darned old wind!
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