Kathleen Devanney – My kindergarten teacher – Mrs. Schumacher – used something she called Pretend Time as a means of keeping her class in order.

A carrot you could say, dangled in front of her flock of five year olds, maybe more accurately a deal: behave (especially outside the class room, where it really counted) and in exchange we might earn a minute of unbridled imagination.

Be anyone or anything for a full minute. This would unleash an insane amount of frenzied activity. (No doubt entertaining to Mrs. Schumacher.) Continue reading →