School Projects

The last few months have been full of school projects, particularly for Zeke. 

In January, Zeke's class wrote short biographies on a person of their choice. Then, they dressed up as that person and invited their parents to listen to them read their biographies in the classroom. Zeke is Matthias Baldwin, an inventor specializing in steam locomotives. 

In February we did Valentines and Valentine boxes. Zeke went with vehicles.

And Nora did Frozen. 

Zeke's next project was to make a puppet that represented his career choice. This little guy is an air ambulance pilot. I really enjoyed this project. It was fun to work together to figure out how to make felt clothes and figure out what accessories he needed to look like a pilot. There were a few late nights working on this one!

Again, parents were invited to class to listen to them read the descriptions they wrote about their careers and to see all the puppets. Zeke wants to be an air ambulance pilot because they get to fly planes and helicopters, they help people, and, depending on where he works, we might be close enough to have lunch together. 

And in March we did the science fair. Zeke has wanted to for a few years, but we never committed to it. This year we went for it. He did an experiment about how long different weights will swing on a string. The results weren't very conclusive but he did a great job of identifying the reasons why and how he might do it differently next time. The repeated trials part was not his favorite but he stuck it out and I am super proud of him!