Kids don’t dodge being artful
Staff writer
Marion Elementary students had a morning of fine arts Monday when classes rotated from room to room.
School librarian Lori Kirkpatrick, who coordinated the day’s activities, invited Poke Salad Orchestra, led by Peabody resident Susan Mayo, to perform.
Students made art projects in preparation for the event, and their work hung in hallways. One class made bright tulips with painted plastic spoons.
Students danced under the guidance of Kiersten Wildin, painted pictures, and did other activities.
In the library, eight members of the high school forensics team entertained students with a story and activities.
Kindergarteners heard a book about a cap peddler who wore all his caps stacked on his head and went to town to hawk them.
After a morning of selling no caps, he grew tired and found a place to nap against a tree.
When he woke up, all his caps were missing except his own cap, which he had worn on the bottom of the stack.
Unable to find his caps, he prepared to leave but saw eight monkeys in the branches of the tree wearing his caps.
First he scolded them and said to give them back. The monkeys scolded him back.
He shook his finger and scolded again, but the monkeys still wouldn’t give back his caps.
Finally, in frustration, he threw his own cap on the ground and prepared to leave. The monkeys hurled their caps to the ground as well.
The class acted out hailing a cab and taking rides.