Kiki’s Video Report
Kiki has a report due on Monday. It is a collaborative report that she is putting together with one of her very good friends. They have decided that rather than write a report, they will shoot a video. Fortunately this is one of the options that is allowed by the teacher. They spent two afternoons writing the script, then they’ve spent all day today shooting and editing video. I’ve been aiding the project by printing out pictures of national monuments to be used in this venture. Other than that I’ve been corralling the other kids out of the way and observing myself. The script is rather clever. They’ve managed to make The girls from Tokyo Mew Mew tour 12 historic sites across America. The Mew Mew girls were represented by dolls that were hand made by Kiki’s friend. The sites included Mount St. Helens built in our sandbox, a picture of the Washington Monument surrounded by a crowd of My Little Ponies, a Mario toy going down “Niagra Falls” (our slide), meeting Edward and Bella (depicted by Barbie and Ken) from the twilight series, and a re-enactment of the pilgrim landing at Plymouth Rock done with Hamtaros (complete with theme song.) The creative energy unleashed on this project is amazing. They’ve done far more work putting together this video than they would have done just writing a report. However they’ve had far more fun as well. I’m curious to see the final product.