Air traffic control

The boys noticed that we had put the globe back in the home corner after a time when it had been put away. There was a lot of discussion happening, so I came a little closer to listen in.

They were finding the countries that they knew about …or so I thought.

Actually they were discussing where dinosaur land might be.

It was part of an airports game they told me – they were pilots and air controllers.

They sorted out who was the pilot captain and who was the air traffic controller and who would do the other jobs (passengers,radio people), then they had to be called to order for a meeting.

“Everyone sit down and be quiet” – they did and they were.

It was a democratic meeting – they had finished at Dinosaur land and were discussing where to go next: Lolly Land? asked Aiden hopefully – “No,I’m not allowed to eat lollies cos they rot my teeth” – “what about Monsters Land?” “No, I’m frightened of monsters”. They decided on “Sweets Land” instead – maybe dessert is better for you than lollies?

 

Anyway, there was lots of consulting of watches, checking of screens, writing down and checking off lists…but did they want to draw a picture/make a map/ tell a story? No, they were too busy playing! (All that adult agenda stuff will hopefully be much more interesting sometime in the future.)

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