Stories are like bubbles...if we catch them on paper, they will last forever!

Today we launched our first grade writers workshop by blowing bubbles, yes, blowing bubbles!  Each child got to catch blue bubbles on a special piece of writing paper that said "Stories are like bubbles...if we catch them on paper, they will last forever!"  It was so fun to see how this analogy really clicked with my first graders and perhaps gave them a deeper meaning for why writing is SO important.  I can't wait for them to start catching their words, sentences, and stories on paper.  WE ARE AUTHORS!!!!!

Look how carefully Trisha catches the bubbles...I hope this is the care she takes in catching her stories on paper all year long!