a skipping rope? no, it's a ....

We recently did some organizing and rearranging of the outdoor toys at the daycare and the children have been re-discovery toys they had long forgotten we even had. The toy of the day today was a skipping rope. At least that's what I called it. To the children it was legs, a snake, a gas pump, christmas lights wrapped around a tree, a telephone, an ice cream cone, a microphone, a pully, letters, a horse lead ... you name it, they likely created it during our morning and afternoon outdoor time. That's one of my absolute favorite things about the minds of young children; that one object can be so many different things. Without any thought or hesitation. It just is. Because it can be. It's truly that simple. We should all be more like children. Well ... okay, more carefree, creative, and imaginative. But don't forget to make it look natural ;)