Object: A string that could look like a crack in the sidewalk.

Good morning, boys and girls. Today I need your help. I want you to use your imagination. Do you know what I mean when I say imagination? (Let them answer.) That's right, I want you to pretend.I have a string with me that I am going to lay down on the floor. We are going to pretend that the floor is a sidewalk and the string is a crack in the sidewalk. How many of you have ever seen a sidewalk cracked? (Let them answer.) Does the string look like a crack? (Let them answer.) Good, then this will help you to pretend.

There is an old saying that goes like this, "If you step on the crack, you will break your mother's back." That is an old saying and I don't believe it, do you? (Let them answer.) You can't break your mother's back…