Each week, “Flying Horse” features dozens of Central Illinois children’s thoughts and drawings on various topics. This week: My family
Nice and supportive: I love my family because they are really nice and supportive. They are fun to hang out with. I love going on vacation with them.
Scarlett Fish
Grade 5, Calvary
One brother: So, I am 9 years old, and I do gymnastics. I have one brother and zero sisters. My brother plays basketball. He just started, like, last week. His name is Maverick. My brother is 5 years old.
Brooklyn Brown
Grade 2, Colene Hoose
Seven members: My family has seven people — Mommy, Daddy, Ty, Emma, Luke, Lucy and me (Ava) and my dog Moose. Fun fact, we all love breakfast for dinner. We also love to have family dinner with our neighbors; we consider them family. Their names are Max, Madaline, Annie and Jay.
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Ava Sexton
Grade 2, Corpus Christi
Family of four: I have four people in my family. My brother’s name is Evan. He is in fifth grade. We have one cat and one dog.
Lucas Westendorf
Grade 1, Epiphany
Fun family: I like my family. My brother is 7 and in first grade. My uncle is a firefighter, and I have six cousins. Every Easter and Christmas we go to my cousins’ house for breakfast. My family is fun.
Addison Segobiano
Grade 3, Epiphany
Love family: I love my family because they let me and my brother buy things a lot. And we went to some place and my father read with me and played games with me, and we watched movies with my family.
Bala Adithya ViJay Veerappan
Grade 2, Glenn
Two brothers: I love my family. I love my two brothers. They tell me goodnight and good morning. I like to cuddle with my mom and dad and my cats. My brother’s names are Eli and Caeden, and my dad’s name is Jeff.
Jackson Mueller
Grade 2, Jefferson Park
Play games: There are four people in my family. I have a sister, a mom and a dad. We all play games together. I love my family.
Teja Yachamaneni
Grade 4, Northpoint
Two sisters: I have a lot of people in my family. I have two sisters. I live with my mom. I love my family.
Eligah Lewis
Grade 5, Northpoint
The best: So, my family has my sisters, my mom, my dad, my brother and my dog, and they are the best.
Hayden Cooper
Grade 2, Parkside
My family: I have a dad, I have a brother, I have me, I have mom. My house is light yellow.
Gavin Vaughan
Grade 3, Sheridan
We love each other: I love mom. She loves me. I love my dad. He loves me. I like my brother. He is 9 years old. I love my brother.
Abel Ortiz
Grade 2, Stevenson
Movie nights: I like my family. They are very nice. We have movie nights. I love my family.
Savannah Lange
Grade 1, Sugar Creek
Love them all: I love my family. They are the best. In my family there is my mom, my dad and my sister. I love them all.
Emma Forgy
Grade 2, Washington
Grateful: My family members are me, my dad, mom, Bella, young adult dog, a few fish and my sister. I am very grateful for my family feeding me; it’s important for my body. It must be very important to do all of this work every day, mostly my dad travels around different countries to do interviews and speeches, too.
Lailah Bell
Grade 3, Washington
Different people: My family is made up of lots of different people who share some of the same interests but have one thing in common. They are family, however big or small. I know one thing: I love my family.
Kenzie Phillips
Grade 5, Calvary
Many siblings: I have lots of siblings. I have six brothers and three sisters. Their names are Yoshy, Baby, Gordo, Liam, me, and Juju, Shibelle, Raney and Rakel, and my mom and dad.
Jasson Guzman
Grade 2, Colene Hoose
About my family: The baby’s name is Finley, my mom’s name is Ericka, my dad’s name is Matt, my name is Beckham, my sister’s name is Brooklyn, my sister’s name is Harlow. I love my family. I used to have a cat.
Beckham Nihells
Grade 1, Epiphany
The Ozarks: I have a family of five, including my dog. With my whole family once a year we all go to the Ozarks. We also go to my grandparents every holiday.
Wyatt Kaisner
Grade 3, Epiphany
Proud of my family: My family is very nice and kind. They cheer me up when I am upset. My family is always proud of me. My brother is so excited when I come home from school. When I am stuck when I’m working, I like to play with my family. I am so proud to have a nice family.
Arya Parmar
Grade 2, Glenn
Family chores: My mom does the dishes and so does my dad. I do the dishes, too. My dad plays with me.
Kaison Tiller
Grade 2, Jefferson Park
Mom’s cooking: My family includes my mom, my dad and myself. I play games with my parents. I enjoy my mom’s cooking.
Hemakesh Adala
Grade 4, Northpoint
Twin brother: I have a mom, dad, and a twin brother in my family. We take a lot of family trips, including the beach and water parks. I love my family.
Kayjan Wijewardane
Grade 5, Northpoint
Personalities: I love my family because of their personalities. The family wouldn’t be the same without them.
Naomi Lunzer
Grade 2, Parkside
Spend time with family: I love my family. I spend time with my family. I play games with my family. I watch TV with my family.
Jakelib Conely
Grade 3, Sheridan
Feed me: I love my family because they feed me and if I didn’t have them, I would have to feed myself.
Gionee Reed
Grade 2, Stevenson
Cook, play and watch TV: My family like to cook. We like to play. We like to watch TV.
Ben McMillion
Grade 1, Sugar Creek
Family of five: I have five family members. I have a mom named Amanda, a dad named Tim, a sister and her name is Sydney, and a brother named Beau. I love my family.
Hudson Schneider
Grade 2, Washington
The oldest: My family has five people in it. I am the oldest.
Annie Tackett
Grade 5, Calvary
Twister: I love my family. I have seven people in my family. I love to play Twister with my sisters. My family members are my dad, mom, Linus, Chiara, Monica, Zelie and me. I also have a cat named Cosete. My dad works at Central Catholic.
Anastasia Swantek
Grade 1, Epiphany
Video games: My family likes video games except for my mom. I like to play Fortnite, Roblox and Minecraft, but I like Fortnite the most. I play Fortnite with Wyatt, George and Henry. My sister likes to play Roblox. She plays it with her friends. My mom makes the BBQ chicken.
Liam Boyle
Grade 3, Epiphany
Helps me: My family has four family members, including me, the son of the family; my sister, the daughter of the family; my mom, the mother of the family; and my dad, the father of the family. My family is nice and helps me whenever I need it. My family is kind and happy but is also busy. I love my family so much.
Adhrit Sinha
Grade 2, Glenn
Family vacation: I love my family. My family is going on vacation. We are going to a huge park. It is a castle park with a dragon.
Warren Wilkey
Grade 2, Jefferson Park
Have a great time: My family is funny, and we go places. We have a great time, and we watch movies. This one time it was Christmas; my whole family was at my house. I went to Sky Zone with my family, and it was the best.
Davion Hosea
Grade 3, Sheridan
Takes care of me: My family takes good care of me. They also make sure I am safe.
Leah Harris
Grade 2, Stevenson
Game nights: We like to play together. We have family game nights.
Cooper Martin
Grade 1, Sugar Creek
One cat, one dog: My family is my mom, my older sister Norah and my one cat and one dog. Also, my dad.
Ezra Whitworth
Grade 2, Washington
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Flying Horse will continue to be published over the summer, so watch for new examples of students’ work from the 2024-25 school year. We’ll also have information on summer reading programs across Central Illinois.
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