Today was "mundane weekday" and it was wonderful. I dropped the girls off at school, met a friend at Target just in time to grab a Starbucks and pick up some things, spent the rest of the morning with Kathy (one of my favorite people ever), picked up Charlotte, went to the grocery store, dropped some gifts off to a friend, made dinner and then spent the evening with my girls!!
Sarah-Grace accomplished a lot today at school and was very eager to share at dinner. She worked on verbs today, division and an art project she whipped up out of wiki sticks. One of the things I love best about the class she is in is that if she has an idea to do something - she is given the time, freedom and resources to accomplish it. She is so creative and I love that about her. Case in point, the picture below is her standing beside an idea she and her friend came up with on Friday. They asked their teacher if she could trace their bodies onto a BIG piece of paper. Ms. Katy obliged them and found a roll of paper that she laid on the floor and the girls laid down so Katy could trace them. Sarah-Grace then "filled in" her outline by drawing all the bones of her body and labeling them. Yes, she copied it out of a book - but still I think it's amazing (I am her mom after all). She actually knows most of these bones because they've spent the month studying them.
When we were discussing it I asked Tad where my scapula was Sarah-Grace replied, "Just look at the picture Mommy!". So smart that one. Charlotte of course ran in circles around the house while Sarah-Grace gave Tad and I a "lecture" on her artwork. She stopped long enough to yell at us "Look Mommy these are my phalanges" while she wiggled her fingers. Sarah-Grace and Charlotte are in the same class now - this must be what Charlotte has picked up out of the month long study on the skeleton!! Oh, well I'm off to give baths.
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2 comments:
Sounds like yo have a case of the Mondays!
Well I think it is pretty amazing that a 5 year old even comes up with the idea to write out all the bones once her body outline is traced and that she would even take all the time it must have taken her to copy the words and put them in the right place! She may grow up to be the Doctor in our family! I am very proud of them both and I am not their mom!(just their cousin!)hehe
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