A Twist Back in Time!
Our Grandparents Month adventures continued today with another wonderful visit! We had a very special grandmother come to Room 102, and she brought so many fun memories from her school days to share with us.
Since we are currently raising money through our Read-A-Thon, she told us that when she was young, they sometimes had sock hops for fundraisers. Of course, we couldn't just talk about a sock hop—she taught us how to DO THE TWIST! Our second graders may be Read-A-Thon kids, but today they got a little taste of sock-hop fun!
She also brought every child a set of jacks and taught us how to play. It was so much fun learning a game that children enjoyed long before tablets and video games! She also demonstrated how to hula hoop!
One of our favorite moments was when she brought in her encyclopedias and introduced us to the "old Google!" Before you could type a question into a computer and have an answer in seconds, you had to look it up in a book!
She even shared a report she wrote when she was in second grade, which made it extra special for our second graders to see. We also learned how students used brown paper grocery bags to make covers for their schoolbooks—a clever way to protect those precious textbooks!
And apparently, textbooks weren't just for reading! 📚 She showed us how students practiced good posture by balancing their textbooks on their heads and walking without letting them fall off. Of course, we had to give that a try, too! Who knew textbooks could double as posture trainers? 😂
We danced the Twist, hula hooped, played jacks, balanced books on our heads, and learned about life in a classroom many years ago. We traveled back in time without ever leaving Room 102!
We danced, played, laughed, learned, and traveled back in time without ever leaving Room 102.
These Grandparents Month visits have been such a gift to our class. Each grandparent brings a little piece of history through the doors of the Pine Palace, and our kiddos are discovering that some of the very best lessons aren't found in a textbook—they're found in the stories and memories of the people who came before us.
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