Showcase!

We had such a wonderful semester at co-op! The classes were terrific and the kids really looked forward to seeing their friends and doing some stuff each week. The boys had some super hands-on activities which I was so thankful for. Some learning is easier (and more fun!) in a group!

Brandon had 2 poster displays due this semester. He hadn't done anything like that before so it was a great experience for him! I did some guiding and helped him organize his data, but he did all the research and made the final decisions about placement and how the poster should look himself. He did a fantastic job! I was very pleased and impressed! It was such a learning experience that we have great ideas for the next time! Here are a few pictures from the showcase of his posters:
He did Mongolia for geography. I think we both learned alot about that country!
This is his poster for science. Each student was given 2 bean plants to take home and come up with their own experiment! How cool is that?! The rule was to only change one variable and keep everything else the same to see how that one change made a difference. Then document your experiment on the poster. Brandon was sick the day the plants were handed out so I picked his up for him and when I got home he went about setting up his experiment. He decided to put one in a window and the other in darkness to document the effect light has on a plant. He had to keep everything else the same which in this case meant he had to water them the same amount. At the enmd of the week, we took pictures and he typed up his data and laid out his poster. He even drew some really cute pictures on it which you can't see in my fuzzy picture. Oh and the plant that was in darkness for the week never recovered. It was interesting to see how just one week made a difference.

They both got to do some really cool art work this semster:

"Dessert Tray"

"Bad Hair Day"
Nicholas had a little cold and missed the last day so he only had one picture up last night:
I took a picture of one of my favorites he did this semester too:
I also would like to report that Nicholas' fish, Cow, is still alive! I can't believe that little feeder fish has lived this long!

Megan came home each week with all sorts of things from her preschool class! Here is a couple of pictures of her class' performance last night of the body parts in Spanish:

Megan and her friend Erin taking a break and having a snack:
Check out those dimples Erin has! Such cute girls :)

We truly love our co-op and all our friends we get to see each week. It's nice to be done, but we'll miss everyone. To all our friends: Let's get together soon!