Today I was invited to help out in Jocelyn's classroom with their Pilgrim simulation. Apparently, just about every day they work on their simulation talking about what it was really like to be a pilgrim and calculating how to build and keep homes, how many pilgrims died from hunger and disease, and how the living conditions were quite different from those that we live in now. I loved how organized and truthful the details were and that the children had to make decisions for themselves, but also that fate was a big part of it all as well.
What I helped with today, however, was a tasting demonstration. In order for the children to add crops to their simulation they had to try the majority of the items on their plates. I helped set the plates out that had peas, sweet potatoes, corn, beets, and Lima beans on them. To my happy surprise, most of the children ate everything on their plates. There were a few that refused much of anything, but on the whole most of them liked it. There was only one little girl who told me she liked chicken nuggets on Thanksgiving.
It is such a privilege to be able to help in the kids' classrooms and see how they are doing, interacting with others and absorbing their studies. For now they still enjoy having me come in and help out, I'm pretty sure that will change soon enough. As for me, I love it!
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