Show and Share

A few families from the co-op had a show and share night last Friday.  We invited in extended family to come and see displays of what we'd done throughout the year.  Some children had science experiments, some of us had different samples of our yearly learning, and some were in costume as their favorite historical characters they'd learned about!

We were planning to do a "performance" portion of show and share and then the downstairs displays.  As it turned out, the interest in the performance portion wasn't great among the other families so we ended up canning it this year.  This was what my children had primarily focused on, though, so in the end we were a little helter skelter searching for a plan B. 

We finally settled on bringing our art journals to share, the big kids' writing journals, photos of our year, an autobiography Natalee wrote, recording Xavier's recitation, and letting Zayden bring his favorite big puzzle.

Grandma Num, Papa George, and Grammy Sara came by to look at the displays and show their support to our little scholars.

Friends and members from co-op families looked through our children's displays, too.

Natalee worked really hard on her autobiography.  We started with a timeline, then a rough draft.  After proofreading, she went on to typing it on the computer, then printing and adding pictures.

Xavier was most excited about his recitation and since the performance portion got canceled, we recorded him on the iPad and set it on a stand with his illustration so people could push play and hear his poem.

{The Loser by Shel Silverstein}

Mia displayed her final dress design - I wished I'd gotten the dress printed soon enough that she could have worn it! 

Zayden became a master at puzzles this year, so we took his favorite and he put it together and displayed it and showed it to anyone who cared to see.

We also took our magnet board and displayed photos of our year.  Our family photo from the Truman Field Trip, the group picture from meeting author, Eric Ode, and then a collage of each child.

Our school is not done for the year, but this was a nice way to pause and remind ourselves what a fantastic year of learning and fun we have had together!