Teamwork!!!

Max, Chira, HouseIT 2.0 and Sushi went with an Aeroflot TU-154M airplane model and a Red Baron toy plane to the park with their parents. While the parents rested and Max, Chira and HouseIT 2.0 played with the TU-154M, Sushi was playing a game with the Red Baron named Kick-the-model-down. The airplane flew in circles with strings tied to the airplane’s wheels and a long rusty nail. You would kick the soccer ⚽️ ball ⚽️ and would try to hit the plane until it fell on the ground. But this round was different with wind. The strings snapped and snipped. The airplane flew away with little strings hanging from its wheels. It was flying faster and faster and higher until it crashed in a Japanese black 🌲 pine. Sushi was determined to rescue the plane, he pounced up the hill, climbed over the gate, and removed the old branches of the Japanese black pine 🌲. Sushi was almost catching the plane from the tree branches when a wind blew, shook the branches and the plane flew away!

The plane flew, all right, but not mighty. It was flying lower because it suffered wing cracks. Guess where the cracks came from? The bark, the branches, the twigs and the needle shaped leaves. The Red Baron toy flew lower and lower until its propeller twirled off the airplane in midair 5 feet above the ground and it crashed on the football 🏈 field. Sushi meowed to himself , pounced off the gate, and ran down the hill rapidly to try to meet the kids and 2.0 and ask for their help.

Max, Chira and HouseIT 2.0 looked around and saw no sign of Red Baron toy plane. HouseIT 2.0 said “OMG! Where did the Red Baron toy and Sushi go?”. Suddenly Sushi showed up and pointed at the football 🏈 field. It did not 100% make sense to the kids so Sushi meowed and led them to the football field on the hill. Sushi told everyone what happened and they decided to try to rescue the plane from the mud. But the mud was too sticky. The kids decided to work together as a team to come up with a good idea to get the plane.

They stood in a circle and started to debate about possible solutions. The first idea came from HouseIT 2.0, he said “let’s use dry leaves to pave the mud until we reach the plane!”. Then they got dry leaves 🍁🍂🍃 but the leaves drowned very quickly so they ran back before they got stuck in the mud. Then sushi came up with the second idea, “let’s glue springs to our shoe 👟 soles”. Sushi finished first and he jumped making a BOING!!!! noise. Chira said “Jumping shoes 👟! Good thinking 💭 Sushi!”. Then they jumped with the jumping shoes 👟👞🥾🥿 . BOING! BOING! BOING! SPLASH!💦 Splat! The jumping shoes 🥿👞👟🥾 got stuck in the sticky mud! They hopped from one jumping shoe 👟🥿🥾👞 to another until all returned safely back onto dry ground.

After two failed attempts, they did some brainstorming again as a team to come up with a better idea. Chira and Max suddenly realized some benches standing next to the field used by people to sit down 🪑 and watch games. They both stared at each other for 5 seconds with a 😀 smile 😃. Then they shouted at the top of their lungs,”EUREKA!!!!! We found a golden solution!!!!!!”. The other group members said“WHAT!”. They both said “We could use the benches as a bridge 🌉 to get the plane toy 🧸.”. And they worked together as a team to make a bridge 🌉 to reach out the toy plane. And they did it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! They were so happy 😁 and they felt victorious as a Team!!! Their most important learning is that as a team they can reach much more as if they would working separately!!!

As a reward for the successful teamwork, they decided to build something together and have fun. They then thought 💭 of an idea , they decided to build a miniature airport and a runway with the material they had in their hands: cardboard box 📦, scissors, modeling glue, coffee cup, mud and paint 🎨. They again worked together as a team for a few minutes and there was the airport, ready for playing with their toy planes. Their parents showed up and were very impressed with the results of their work! Dad said “Wow. Looks cool 😎”, “Good job, everyone!”. They all bowed in front of them. Their parents were very proud and the kids were amazed with what can be accomplished with teamwork!