Submitted by Aubrey Budelli, Teacher and Director,
Creative Spirit Learning Center, Fair Oaks, CA
“I’m so messy!” she shouted with the biggest grin. Between the belly laughs and the literal handfuls of fun, she was learning way more than any worksheet could teach her. “I’m so slimmmmmyyyyyy, it’s fun!!!” she squealed. In that moment, she discovered that her body is strong and capable, that her ideas are always worth trying on for size, and that getting messy isn’t something to avoid — it’s actually where all the real magic happens.
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