Imaginary Play

There was a little spitfire in my two’s class, Gordy. If there were any rule he could break, he would. He came from an affluent family that had a big name in the town. Therefore, he and his entire family were “entitled” to many things…in their opinion. There were times I would wait an hour after closing for his mom to pick him up and she would walk in with no hesitation, no apology, no remorse…pick up her son and leave. Gordy was learning from example. Despite the sense of entitlement, he was a character.

We always took the kids to play outside. Usually, we would try to find a common theme to play, but other times they would play freely; choosing whatever method of play they wanted. They explored and discovered. Gordy decided to explore his imagination during outside play, which can be a dangerous thing, as we discovered.

Gordy was interested in the restaurant management system. He ran his own place…distributing food to his patrons and picking up the table once they were finished. Business wasn’t going too well this one day, apparently. We were interacting with the students when Gordy began his advertising spiel. In the middle of the playground, at the highest peak of the playground set, amongst the entire passerby’s…we hear Gordy declaring his current restaurant special, “BEER!!! FREE BEER!!!”

…come on by March 1st.