Wishes For the Holidays

This past Monday the O-School’s Group D elementary students, thought about wishes. The holidays season can feel magical. Wishes can be dreams for things that you truly want: a pet kitten, toys, money, or traveling to faraway places. We discussed different ways people try to make their wishes come true, either by wishing on a shooting star, a fallen eyelash, pulling wishbones, blowing out birthday candles, or throwing a coin in a fountain.

Together we read the poem, “I Wish,” by Santhini Govindan. Govindan wishes are silly and fantastical. I wish that spinach tasted like chocolate, instead of tasting sour and bitter. /I wish I could keep a dragon as a pet at home, so I can play with him to my hearts delight. Even if some wishes seem like they may never happen, Govindan’s poem teaches us that wishes can be made possible through belief.

Inspired by Santhini Govindan, students created their own wishes. Make a make a wish reader, if you believe with all your heart, it might come true.

Group D (Elementary) Students

My Wishes

I wish for a million dollars.

I wish to be in Yuji and Juditsu Kyden.

I wish that Lea could fly.

I wish I could fly too.

I wish for every emote in Fortnite
and I also wish for infinite credit cards
and V bucks.

Peaceful Wishes

I wish I had a giant Persian cat that has wings
and has a magic rainbow tail.
I wish that everyone in the world didn’t annoy me
and make me grumpy.

I wish I had a million dollars.
I wish that everybody in the world
were treated equally.

I wish there was no such thing as wars and bombs
and people hurting each other, unless it was in a
show like Shera.

I Wish to Be

I wish to be…

A WWE Wrestler.

Have a pet goat.

Get the million-dollar belt.

To have all of the Mario video games.

To have a bodyguard.

I Wish I Was

I wish I was an adult.

I wish I can drive.

I wish I can buy things myself.

I wish for a T.V.

I wish for a Game Cube.

I Wish

I wish for my dad to be ok.
I wish for my mom to be happy.
I wish for my sister to be nice to me.
I wish for my grandma to not yell at me.
I wish for my grandpa to have great hearing.

Wishes

I wish for…

A Chucky doll.

A Furby.

A pearl necklace.

A diamond.