Thoughts on friendship from the Houston kids getting a playground from Build-A-Bear Workshop on July 18:

I make friends at the playground by talking. I swing with my friends, play tag, and run.
-Willie, third grade

Playgrounds are a good thing in our neighborhood because lots of kids make good friends. It helps kids get out of trouble. That’s why each neighborhood needs a playground, it is good for the neighborhood. Kids grow up to be best friends. My best friend and I met at the playground.
- a sixth grade student

I make friends at the playground by talking and playing with friends to get to know them better. When you know you will try to meet them every day. Then you and your friend would like to go to school together and try to get in the same class. When you and your friend get in the same class, you are your friend will try to sit by each other. When you and your friend sit by each other y’all will play tag and other games on the playground and that’s how you meet a friend on the playground.
- Jason, sixth grade

I make friends on the playground by playing on the slide, playing on the swing and by climbing the monkey bars. At the playground my friends and I play in the sand making a sandcastle.
- Rayniquea, third grade

I like to play with my friends. I play in the sandbox and ride my bike. I also love sliding.
-Tyireion, kindergarten