Odyssey of the Mind!

Tiana has been really busy practicing for her Odyssey of the mind competition. This is a program where the kids are given a problem and they are to come up with solutions on their own. They had to put on a skit and where given specific guidelines. They had to write a script including several different requirements, build a movable set, design costumes, include songs and do it all on their own. It was a great activity to help them use their imagination. Tiana has really enjoyed it, although she does get tired of going to practice. They have been working on it since Novemeber and after Christmas they started practicing 5 hours a week. I was very impressed with their kind leaders. They helped guide them(this I am sure was hard-they can't give them suggestions or anything), but let it be their project. They had originally scheduled to hold their practices on Sunday and we asked if we could maybe changes teams because Sundays didn't work for us. These sweet ladies reorganized the 2 teams that they coach to have their practices on Saturday so Tiana could participate. It was so kind of them to do that for us. These pictures are of parents night when they preformed for us. I will post about the competition later.