2-17-12

Friday, February 17, 2012

Hi, Folks,




PROUD!

Oliver and Aidan R. started this puzzle on Monday. 200 pieces! Up until this week, the biggest puzzle we’d done together was 50 pieces. So when I dumped all of those pieces out of the box, Oliver and Aidan looked a bit uncomfortable. That first day, I sat with them and helped out--a lot. They let me know they were a little frustrated, so we took a break. I wondered if perhaps I had thrown too much at them at once, and considered taking a step back to a 100 piece-r. But the next day, the two of them were rarin’ to have another go at it! They worked on it for almost an hour on Wednesday and with a little help here and there from Max and Aidan H., they finished it!! They both claim to be ready for a 5,000 piece puzzle...but I think we’ll try another 200 first. Does anyone have one at home we can use? It’s tough keeping up with these puzzle masters!








ASTONISHED!


Our Mystery Liquid from last week turned out to be a mixture of oil, water and food coloring. We used these ingredients, plus a little shake of glitter, to make some GROOVY Lava lamps. Add some cool lighting and you’d swear you were back in 1977, only without so much polyester. Put a pinch of salt in and watch it bubble. So do tell, children, why doesn’t that oil mix with the water? All of that floating and sinking experimentation helped some of the kids realize that the oil had to be lighter than the water because it floated on top. And the salt? Heavier, because it sank to the bottom. Dude...psychedelic and educational!





THRILLED

That’s how we felt this week to have Ms. Shelley back! Here she is visiting with her little delicious peanut, Asa. She started back part time on Thursday, so if you see her give her a big hug!


Oh, such cuteness!

FUN!!!



Have you ever seen a better looking group?

Have a great weekend!
Amanda and Erin