Wild Things

Happy find via Magic Molly: We Love You So, a website devoted to the many sources that shaped the making of Spike Jonze’s adaptation of Where the Wild Things Are. It made me think of my student teaching experience in Pawtucket, RI, where we incorporated the book into a 2nd grade art lesson. 

wildthingsboxA package from Max arrives…

wildthings_coleWild Things getting ready for a dance party…

faith_suitcasePacking a suitcase for the her Wild Thing, Faith…

Afterwards, my students insisted that they danced with their creatures to Rihanna’s “Umbrella.” What you’ll never see: the 3rd graders teaching me how to dance to Soulja Boy!