BWC: The day without Mary

This past Tuesday Mary was participating in a VTS function in Georgia. This meant that I was to lead BWC by myself, with the help of Alex and Mr. Tilley. The day went pretty well, we had a great VTS session. The boys might have been a little sidetracked here and there, but in the end they came up with some great/interesting narratives to go along with the baseball scene.
After VTSing, Mary had me ask the boys to predict what happened after the scene we just discussed. One of the boys, I think Rowan, said that they went to Australia to cook and then went back to South Carolina to play baseball and be on the beach. Once Australia was brought up a couple other boys ran with the idea of cooking down under as well. Jameson believed that going to Australia after playing baseball was a little far fetched, someone even mentioned Mexico, he thought that the boys were able to clean up the field and play a descent game of baseball. He and I joked that maybe the boys went a played in Mexico, MO. (Just wanted to give you a range of ideas that were given)
Once we talked about the future possibilities, we had the boys draw out their ideas. Russell wasn't keen on drawing out his idea, so instead he drew a colorful landscape and wrote about that (at least he has drawing and writing), Other boys focused on the cooking aspect, maybe we have future chefs in our class? All in all I think the boys enjoyed drawing out their imagination, and they all wanted to take their drawings home (always good to hear!)
Having Alex was a great help, I think he really enjoyed getting to know the younger kids, and seeing how they work with the VTS. As always Mr. Tilley was a positive influence and great encouragement.

BWC Is in full force!

I have been helping out the BWC for the past three weeks. And each week keeps getting even more awesome! The boys are getting more comfortable with VTS, which is fantastic! I really think that they are enjoying the writing and creative process as well.
A few of the boys are understanding advanced concepts and can write pretty well. I think this is great for the other boys to see, and they can get help from each other. I definitely believe that after a semester working with the shy boys that they will be confident and comfortable with their writing, creativity and talking about their ideas with the group.