Desert Messenger

14 www.DesertMessenger.com June 17, 2015 Kids are Grateful for... MOYU Monkey, Money Outstanding, Oxygen, Octopus Yellow, Yoyo Understanding KELSIE Kindness, Knowledge Energy Love Snacks Intelligence Everything DESIRAE Dog Energy Smiles Ice Roof Animal Everything JAYDEN Jelly, Joy Animals YouTube Dinosaurs Energy Nature, Nutrition AUSTYN Awesome, Air Useful things Socks Towns Yoyos Nature ISRAEL Ice, Interesting Sun, Smiles, Snake Rain, Run, Raptors Apples, Ants, Animals, Air Echoes, Eggs, Ears Lions, Lemons, Lizards TEBE Television Eggs Blue Emmet NASH Navigation, Nature, Nation Animals, Air, Antelopes Sound, Salvation Helpfulness, Happiness KARL Knowledge, Kindness Amazon, Amazing friends, Art Roads, Roofs Love, Loudness, Legs ELISABETH Eggs Love Igloo Sea Animals Baby Elephant Train Hands ERIK Entertainment, Electricity Rent Ice, Information Kangaroo WILL Wonderful Ignore Love Logs GRAYCE Grace, Granddaddy Rain, Root-beer, Roof, Rosy Animals, Antelope, Amazon You, Yellow, Yoyo Color, Castles Emma, Elephants EMMA Excellent, Elephant Mom Monkeys Aunties ABBAGAIL Animals Burgers Balloons Attitude Guinea pigs Awesome Intelligence Lizards "GREGORY" ZANDER Gray, Graduating Root-bear, Recycling Erasers Green, Gary Ohio Rain Yoyos ROBERT Root-bear, Rug October 31st Bugatti, Burgers Electricity Rap, Racecars Tacos SOE Snow, Safe, Saving Oxygen Excellence, Elephant GRACE Grapes Roof, Rain Animals, Amazon, Air, Ari- zona Colors, Crabs Energy, Ecosystem KORONA Kangaroo Octopus Rhinos Ostriches Nation Apples EVA Eggs, Extinguisher Vans Apples, All for God AUDRINA Alligators Umbrella Dogs Red Ink Nuts Ant ALLYCIA Ants, Apples, Anna Lilly pad, Lime, Lucky Life Yo-yo Can, Cap, Car Ice Animals DAVID Dogs Adoption, Air Videos Igloo Desert ce, Interesting Quartzsite -Thursday, June 11, young- sters at Town of Quartzsite Summer Program learned about writing short stories. Kids were encouraged to write a short story titled "I am Grateful for..." To start the process, youngsters chose a word for each letter of their name. The kids teamed up to write and illustrate short stories. Israel worked with staff to write: I am grateful for my ears. My ears can hear songs and pretty birds. My ears can hear my mom‛s voice, the TV and animals which make me very happy. I am grateful for my ears. My ears can hear songs and pretty birds. My ears can hear my mom‛s voice, the

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