Dear Oak,
There was a long black track. You wanted to start from even higher. People had to get a crate to stand on to reach the starting point. Later you adjusted ths start point and threaded the end of the track through a crate handle to try to keep if from slipping.
Almost the whole class was testing the track. You had to navigate turns, make adjustments, try new paths, wait for the path to clear. So much work. So much patience.
At one point, someone worried that another was taking the wooden ball, but they were just helping by going to get the ball.
One person saw that was what was happening and explained, “Don’t worry. They’re not taking the ball. We all have our own. They were just getting it for you.”
That person was noticing other things too, thinking outloud that you would be a construction worker when you grew up because you were good at fixing things.
Love,
Teacher Michelle