Page 30 - book

Parents, Teachers and Therapists - Activities for Children Following the Chapter: CHAPTER 3
Discussion: Ask the children if they remember situations in which the "I Want It Now" Imp took control
over them, when he appeared, and what it made them do? (They may relate to situations that occurred THE GREAT TURNAROUND
at home, at school, with friends and more).
Arts & Crafts: Ask the children to imagine what their own "I Want It Now" Imp looks like and make one This entire time Wizder had been hiding outside the classroom and watching
from different materials. the children.
I recommend making a variety of materials and basic equipment available for making imps: plasticine,
clay, scrap materials, Styrofoam balls, googly eyes, pipe cleaners, skewers, steel wool (wire sponge) nails He was very proud of them for identifying their imps, and for being brave
etc. The children may also draw their imp (preferably with crayons or oil pastels). enough to examine them up close.
The children may then present their imps (to the class / group / parent / therapist) and describe "What's
special about my imp", when was the last time he appeared, and what he made them do. He then jumped back in and said:
This activity may be expanded by preparing an "identity card" for their imp (the appendix at the end "Remember what your stars say.
of this book).
• For the identity card picture: Each child may draw their own imp. Now that you’ve met your I Want It Now Imp and realized how he influences
• The question in the identity card - "What is the imp's habitual phrase?" – aims at identifying the inner you and how he made you ruin this great party you had going on, let me
voice – the child's automatic thought or feeling experienced when "the imp takes over". remind you – it is up to you to choose!"
For example, an imp's habitual sentence may be: "If you don’t get what you want right now, you won't
have it at all," or "If they don’t give you what you want, it means they don’t like you" and so on. And as soon as he was done, he flew out the window again.

"Choose what?" asked Ron.

"I think," said Jonathan, "he meant that we either choose to let the imp control
us or choose to be Light Warriors."

"I see," Ann joined in, "being a Light Warrior means choosing to use our magical
powers instead of letting our imp take control!"

"You're right" said Ron.

"I think I get it; now we need to look for our magical powers so that we may
use them to overcome this annoying I Want It Now Imp!

But how can we know which magical powers we need? And how can we

summon them in the first place?"

"Wizder the Observer said that Mother Nature had hidden them among the
plants and animals" remembered Jonathan, "so let's go look for them!"

26 27