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Our morning message was 'upside down' today. When we sang the "Good Morning Boogie", we sang Goodbye instead of hello. When we sang "Inright, Upright... Happy all the time" we did the actions opposite; that was hard, but it made us all laugh. And so Opposite Day begun.
We all shared the opposites we wore: backward shirts, backward shorts, mismatched shoes, long and short socks.
backward hat, black shoe/white sock, white shoe/black sock, backward/inside out shirts, more mismatched shoes, pigtail/no pigtail.
Not pictured: light and dark clothes, socks worn on hands...

We walked backward to our tables and tried to read our names backwards, read books about opposites, wrote a class opposite book, matched opposites, and played lots of opposite games. We played Opposite concentration, Lost my opposite, musical opposites (like musical chairs except no one gets out and there are picture cards taped to the chairs, so when the music stops you have to find the chair that shows the opposite of the card in your hand. Then switch cards and play again.), and Simon Says Opposite, also very tricky. Sorry - no pictures; I was too busy. Trust me, when I say we had a lot of fun.

We ended the day with a low five, and walking out the door backward. It was a great end to February.

I admit that I'm glad for a 'normal' day tomorrow. Then Friday will be Dr. Seuss day, as well as Kids BEneFIT.