Train Adventures

Many different children have been working for several days on building a train. On this day, the train was constructed, and unfortunately, it seemed to run on batteries, which was just the first of many misfortunes to befall the train.
Maggie and Naomi were bringing blocks over to the train, and putting them in the a box. “More batteries!” they declared, filling the box.
“Oh no!” Our batteries died,” Robby declared, from atop the engineer's seat. “Look at the ground. The batteries died.”
Juls starting picking them up and putting them into the box.
“We were stuck in mud,” Juls explained. “We couldn’t move.”
“They were perfect, then they stopped being perfect,” Robby added.
Kailyn helped pick up the batteries.
“OK,” Naomi said, handing out calculators. She held the calculator up to her mouth like a walkie talkie. “Ok. We need to get out of the mud.” She walked over to the block area and then returned. “Now we are out of the mud.”
Robby banged a Boom Whacker on a box, making a rhythmic booming sound. “Oh no! Elephants are coming near our train!”
“Its ok. We’ll just put fire on them,” Juls said.
“No, they will just drink it up,” Robby said.
Atop the climber, Matthew sang, “In the jungle, the mighty jungle, the lion sleeps tonight.” 

Kailyn is figuring out how to enter cooperative play with her friends. She is frequently drawn to their play, and finds ways to join in. In this example, she spent a long time building along-side her friends as they engaged in lively play.