A few years back I shared with my staff the story of Caine’s Arcade. Caine’s Arcade is a short film that tells the story of a boy named Caine and how he built a cardboard arcade in the front of his dad’s auto parts store in Los Angeles. It is a very uplifting little film that celebrates creativity and the human spirit.
The film led to the annual Global Cardboard Challenge Day and this has inspired several of my teachers to take part in this annual celebration by having a Cardboard Challenge day of our own. This week students from Mr. Hansen, Ms. Elissa, and Ms. Kennedy’s classrooms spent time planning cardboard arcade games, and then on Wednesday afternoon the classrooms came together in the cafeteria to create their games.
With the help of parent volunteers, the students created their games and then spent time doing a gallery walk and then actually getting an opportunity to play the games.
You can see more of their handy work on Twitter.
Mr. Hansen @lewisroom24
Ms. Elissa Dingus @epdingus
Ms. Kennedy @pamelakennedy17
Originally published at www.timlauer.org on October 9, 2015.
