I think I've
said it before, but I'll go ahead and say it again -- I LOVE it when
the kids do crazy creative things. Even when it inevitably makes a huge
mess all over my house. This week's project? Ethan and Grace have
started their own school with Sophie, Jane and {sometimes} Alex as their willing students.
They've
divided the living room into two "classrooms" with my quilt design
board and they each have their own set-up. It is awesome. And
hilarious. All at the same time. I'm pretty sure they're just
patterning them after their actual classrooms at school, but I'm
impressed nonetheless with their commitment to detail.
Mr. Ethan's Class
As
I was finishing up dinner yesterday evening, Ethan came up to me and
cutely asked if I would come and see his wall when I was done. Of course I would. Like I said, I love
it when they do this kind of stuff. It totally beats the usual kind of
stuff they do, you know, like screaming at each other or fighting or
just pointlessly making messes. Along with the Essential Questions he
listed on his wall, he also set up a pretty sweet library for his little
classroom with a cozy little lamp right nearby.
Schema? What the heck? I think I was in college before I had ever heard that term. Hahahaha.
I'm pretty sure the books are separated into "levels" in the different bins.
Grace's half of the room is very Grace. I love that she set out her quilt in front of the teacher's chair to form the rug for the kids to sit on and she, too, set up a leveled library and wrote up her schedule and put it on the wall. She even begged me to let Sophie stay up 15 minutes later for her bedtime so that she could play school with her for a little bit longer. ????? Historically speaking, Grace and Sophie don't always get along quite this well, so of course I had to honor that request to prolong the peace and happiness. Hahaha.
{Not
really related to school, but I had to snap a photo of this picture
that Grace drew. Check out the top right corner -- she's already got a
signature worked out for her artwork! Hahahaha. Love it.}
"What
are you doing?" I asked as Grace came into the kitchen to put orange
peels in a baggie. "We're starting a compost pile for my class," she
replied.
And that's a wrap. I think I'll give them a one week time limit before I make them start cleaning everything up. :)
6 comments:
We used to do stuff like this ALL of the time. So fun and some of the best memories!
playing school was one of my favorite things we ever played at the old house on state street drive. i LOVE (also!) seeing the kids play school - they are even more creative and organized that we were. but then again, i think it's because classrooms nowadays that they are in are much more creative. i love this!!
isn't it funny how as kids you spend all day in school and then when you come home you want to play MORE school??? hahaha. and i totally agree about real classrooms these days being a lot more creative and advanced then i remember them being when i was in school.
hahaha the only thing close to "school" I can remember is Emily setting up the Super nintendo on the stage on vendome and setting up a plethera of Chuck E. Cheese like prizes anc charging us to play OUR nintendo. hahahaha.
your kids are awesome. and you are a good mom for letting them be creative (aka make messes). :)
i love this. when do you hear where you are moving? i hope it's greenville, sc. i need your kids to be friends with my kids.
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