Esther is taken to see the king.
Fiona: She put on beautiful robes. (She adds the robes to the figure)
6 yr old girl: Ewwww :-(
Another girl: Why's she wearing blue?*
Fiona points out that blue was quite expensive in those days, and I add that it says somewhere in the book of Esther that blue & white were royal colours. We then have comments about "why does the king have flowers on his clothes?", some query about the pattern on the walls, and "I didn't know men could wear purple."
Pearls before swine... :-)
It's fun having your work critted (is that a word?) by people who didn't know it's your work!
Actually, using the materials myself is so useful. You get to see what works and what doesn't (like the 10 leper finger puppets, which seemed a great idea, until I tried using them while turning pages in my notes and holding up flashcards...). And what puzzles children - three times in the last few weeks they've been convinced male characters (not my pics) who had slightly long hair and no beards were female.
Those are the crits that really matter - adults' opinion is all very well, but it's how the children see them that's important.
* Actually, the reason I did them blue was because that's the natural bkg for stars. And her clothes have stars on them because "Esther" is Persian for "star". But I didn't think I needed to get into that!
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