At our recent Reflective Practice group, the child care
providers created their own Early Achievers Superheroes.
Meet the Open Ended Optimist
Her trademark/logo is a smile.
Her super tool is an open ended question tool belt.
The origin/backstory for the Open Ended Optimist is that she
grew up in a closed ended small town.
She moved to the big city full of optimism and used open ended questions
to make it to the top. Now she is determined to expand the mind of young
thinkers.
The Open Ended Optimist has a sidekick, the ? Boy
Her weakness is no caffine.
She has an alter ego as a librarian.
Meet Dr. Cerebellum
Dr. Cerebellum’s trademark/logo is a ?
The super powers are:
Asks appropriate open ended questions
Dr. Cerebellum’s origin/backstory is that she was a Google addict
from an early age. Absorbed in the Cloud
in a frenzied download session during a rare Seattle lightning storm, she developed
her super powers. She is unflappable in
drawing out reluctant children.
Her weakness is the “Why?” kid.
Meet Melody
Melody’s trademark/logo is
the treble clef sign and music notes.
Her super tool is a guitar that plays magical musical notes.
Her origin/back story is that she was lost in the woods as a
child. Birds sang to her to lead her
home.
Melody has a sidekick, Harmony. Together they use their super power/tools of
music to bring joy and peace to children.
Melody’s weakness is thunderstorms and lightening.
Melody has an alter ego as a preschool teacher.
Meet Positive Petunia
Her logo/trademark is a capital P.
Positive Petunia’s super power is touching a child’s
shoulder, which results in a cloud above them with their positive
attributes. She has a rainbow wand that
puts a rainbow over children who are having a bad day.
The origin/backstory for Positive Petunia is that she was
originally from Planet Negative until she started working with children. In the classroom, she is able to transform to
Positive Petunia through he smiles of the children. 100
years ago she was Negative Nancy until a rainbow hit her and transformed all of
her thoughts into positivity.
Her weakness – short nappers remove a bar of color from her
rainbow.
Positive Petunia has a sidekick, Assistant Aster, who is
always there to offer kind words and positive reinforcements.
