Last messages from my animating kids

I like to finish each film with ‘Last messages’. I did it first with “Mr. Turtle Gets Sick”. I came up with the final thoughts myself. But this time around, I thought I’d ask the kids, and this is what they came up with..

The second-graders who made “Mr. Glump and the Poisonous Pond”:

1. Algae is bad
2. Fish can die
3. clean the fish pond
4. Do not pollute
5. Don’t spray poison on your yard
6. Keep things clean
7. Protect fish
8. If you have a question, go to the library and check it out
9. Check out books
10. Libraries are cool and teach you a bunch of things
11. Keep reading.

Isn’t that lovely? There was a second class of second-graders who worked on this same film, but when it was their turn to offer final messages, they turned into holy terrors instead, so we skipped that part. And I condensed the first list into the following:

And then, in connection with “Handbook to taking care of the earth” (the kids came up with that title; I love that they thought to include a fancy word like ‘handbook’!), here are the final messages:

1. We only have as much water as we have, so let’s take care of it
2. Don’t pollute water
3. Please don’t pollute
4. We want to swim in nice, clean water
5. Pay attention to class, don’t pay attention to things that don’t matter
6. Pay attention to family and friends, and important things
7. Ignore people talking about silly stuff

Isn’t that lovely all over again?