I'd like to introduce you to Timmy Clock. Timmy here is 6 year old student at Cool Meadow P.S. He is a quiet boy who enjoys playing by himself. His teacher would often complain how he always sleeps in class, during circle time and activities. The teacher was told that he does not have a regular nap time at home and just sleeps whenever he is tired. However, he often sleeps right after school or while he watches TV and wakes up at night. His mom, Wakey Watch is a single mother and always so busy with work. At home, if she isn't working, she'll be cooking and cleaning, leaving Timmy alone, doing whatever he likes. Furthermore, with her busy schedule, Timmy barely spends much time with her, although he always wanted to. Timmy's teacher has informed her about his sleeping habits at school, but it still continued. Timmy doesn't have much friends because he can be grumpy at times and don't cooperate with other children. He loves legos and playing with cars. Couple days ago, he even searched around the classroom and collected all the cars. He sure loves them!
In relation to the element, I believe it is successful in the sense that he is the character whom I have in mind and described. Timmy Clock is a good student but can be misbehaving due to his lack of sleep. When I first thought of this story, it reminded me of a child I've worked with, who has similar behaviour at school, but with minor changes in the story, of course. The idea of choosing a (digital) clock came from the fact that I, myself, enjoys sleep, especially at times of stress and sleeping-in is a dream come true. Overall, I really enjoyed the process of this blog and creating a character out of a object. Our creativity is overflowing when we enjoy something such as this.
Schirrmacher, R., & Fox, J.E. (2009). Art & creative development for young children (6th ed.). Belmont, CA: Delmar Cengage Learning.
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