#298

One more wonderful crossing guard at Jefferson Elementary School . . . one more crane - #298.  Thank you Denise for the job you do!

 

"We are interested in others, when they are interested in us."  ~ Publius Syrus

#296 and #297

I decided to try something new with my 1000 paper crane project.  I am still going to drop my cranes randomly and hope to hear from the people that find them - but I thought it would be fun to actually give my cranes to some people, explain my project, and add some faces to my blog.  There are a lot of wonderful people in this world . . . some of them I already know and I hope to meet some new ones through this project.

 

#296 and #297 were given to the crossing guards at Jefferson Elementary School in Clovis, CA on 4/23/13  - Tracy and Tami . . . two amazing women doing a very important job.

 

"To be what we are, and to become what we are capable of becoming, is the only end of life."

                  ~ Robert Louis Stevenson

 

"Anything you're good at

contributes to happiness." 

      ~ Bertrand Russell

 

 

#295

dropped @ Valley Children's Hospital - Fresno, CA on 4/11/13

"We would rather not experience certain things - so we never feel the loss and pain, but without the loss and pain we never gain the experience." 

~ Jessica Perez

#294

dropped at Valley Children's Hospital - Fresno, CA on 4/11/13

"He who is and remains true to himself and to others has the most attractive quality of the greatest talent."  ~ Goethe

Folding Cranes with Mrs. Crow's 4th Graders

Once again this year I was invited to show Mrs. Crow's 4th Grade class how to fold origami cranes.  This post is for Mrs. Crow and her students in Room 12 at Jefferson Elementary School.

Mrs. Crow's class finished reading the book Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes.  It is the story about Sadako Sasaki.  This story was one of the reasons I started folding paper cranes.

As usual Mrs. Crow's class was wonderful! 

They listened . . . they folded . . . they asked questions . . .

A few of the kids who already knew how to fold a paper crane or caught on quickly helped the others.  I had an opportunity to tell them about my 1000 paper crane project and they learned how to fold a paper crane. 

Every student fold a paper crane.

Hopefully some of them will be looking at this post.  They did such and awesome job.

I wish I could post pictures of their faces . . . I so enjoy their smiles.

This year Mrs. Crow has decided to have her students fold a few more cranes and make mobiles out of them.  She wants to take them to a cancer ward to display. 

An ancient Japanese legend promises that anyone who folds 1000 paper cranes will be granted a wish by a crane - such as a long life or recovery from an illness or injury.  It will be room 12's wish for recovery for people who are fighting cancer.

PEACE . . . LOVE . . . CRANES!  She just happened to wear the perfect shirt today for my blog.  :)

Thank you Mrs. Crow for sharing you wonderful students with me!  Thank you for everything you do as a teacher for them! 

 

Life has taken me away from my crane project a little bit . . . working with the kids today has motivated me to get moving on my project. 

#293

dropped @ St. Agnes Cancer Center - Fresno, CA on 4/8/13

 

"The secret of contentement is knowing how to enjoy what you have, and to be able to lose all desires for things beyeond your reach." 

    ~ Yutang Lin