Levi answered questions in ways that the children could understand and they soon became relaxed in his company. By the end of the project, their attitude towards him was close to adoration. They wanted to copy him, making and wearing headbands like his, and even copying how he stood, so it was inevitable that they absorbed his love of words and philosophy that 'words paint pictures'.
Levi worked with the children in all curriculum areas, talking, discussing and weaving in stories, and the children began to respond with confidence.
He told them stories from his African motherland and asked the children to suggest endings. He talked to the children about rhyme, rhythm and alliteration, and together they made up poems, sometimes based on nursery rhymes. The children quickly grasped the concept of rhyme and produced a booklet of their own work which included this poem: I was playing with a ball and bat
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