The Genie of Imagination
It’s almost time to say goodbye to… “The Genie of the Lamp!”
But wait Genie, have you granted all of our wishes yet? And what happens at the end of the story?
Unfortunately we didn’t have 1001 Nights to tell the story of Aladdin and the infamous Genie of the Lamp! Perhaps we missed a few small details in the story, but we certainly had a lot of fun along the way, and the genie made some of our wishes come true.
After all, aren’t stories all about the journey anyway? What’s the point of telling them if you’re just trying to get to the end?
One of the things I most loved about this season’s Big Kids Club Monday class, was how well the kids got to know the story and become a part of it. Although we didn’t make it all the way to the end, we did succeed in making the story come to life, and our imaginations were enriched in the process.
The kids helped me find the life in the story by using big voices to dramatize certain parts, like “The Genie of the Lamp!”, and the way the mean magician laughed, “Muahahaha!”. They would scratch their chins at thoughtful parts of the story and play the magic chimes whenever something magical happened (which was a lot of the time). We also used art to bring the story to life with genie puppets, sand art and wish collages, and by painting a large cardboard castle, a colorful creation for our story’s hero and heroine.
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My favorite field trip of the season was our adventure down to Granville Island to visit The Crystal Ark.
Here we got to imagine we were entering into Aladdin’s secret cave, full of magic gems, where we each had to find our own special gemstone to place inside the wish-granting bowl.
We even discovered a genie and a lamp on our way! (You’ll see his picture at the top of the page).
With all these successful adventures under our belts, and our imaginations stretched to new magical limits, we’ll be ending this season’s Big Kids Club with a final telling of our story (no doubt our most dramatic yet), as well as some final touches to our colorful palace.
Join us from 1-4pm on Monday to have one last adventure with The Genie of the Lamp!
