This week during ECO we had a "Roxaboxen" theme.  We began by reading  the book "Roxaboxen" by Alice McLerran, a story about a group of children and the imaginary town they create using what they find in the desert environment:  "There across the road, it looked like any rocky hill--nothing but sand and rocks, some old wooden boxes, cactus and greasewood and thorny ocotillo--but it was a special place..."  We made connections between the special space in the story and our space in the forest, despite the different environments.  Children were then invited to create their own Roxaboxen using what was around them and lots of imagination!  This theme has carried over to the playground during After School and recess as well.