On
Wednesday, the Children’s Center held its annual fall festival for everyone at
the school - babies through fifth graders.
Students, staff and volunteers donned their Halloween finery – There were princesses,
a Dora the Explorer, football players, fighter pilots, tigers and more. Individual
teachers and groups of teachers designed activity stations. At the "spooky
touch" station, people could touch grape eyeballs, spaghetti guts and
mini-carrot fingertips. Others offered face painting, story time, a cotton-candy
machine and pumpkin decorating.
“We all
came together for a mountain-music jamboree in the middle of the morning,” said
Principal Carol Kirby. Two
members of the bo-stevens band - Jeff Shu, who teaches at Kernersville
Middle School, and Richard Boyd, who
works at the Winston-Salem Journal – provided the music.
“Our
hayride through the grounds of Graylyn had a wheelchair-accessible ramp, so
every child could participate,” Kirby said. For the
hayride, Bradley Wilmoth, a teacher assistant who also runs a lawn company,
provided the truck, trailer and hay bales as well as witty running commentary via
his megaphone.
“Activities
were fun, but also worked on physical therapy, occupational therapy, and speech
goals without the children even realizing it - walking, grasping,
communicating, making choices, etc.,” Kirby said.
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