Last Day of Homeschool

Arm update: I have been to physical therapy three times and have had three different therapists. The unit just reopened and it is finding it's feet again. Lots of safety precautions. The first two sessions went well, I thought. The third left me unable to move for two days. 

Homeschool Update:

The first grade had a year end project to accomplish. The students read the story of the Three Little Pigs and had one week to build a house out of household materials that could withstand the winds of a hair dryer.  I thought we were going big, but on the driving by tour to see the other houses in driveways - two of them were at least four feet tall! Many were much smaller, made from legos. 

Grampa helped the student cut pieces from scrap lumber. Miss Merry mixed leftover acrylic paints to achieve a brick color. 

Mortar was added to confuse the big bad wolf by thinking the wooden house was a brick house. 

We were directed to create a poster to explain the process. I taught the student the old trick of pencil lines on the cardboard to help keep the sentences straight. 

The shutters made from popsicle sticks changed color three times before the builder was satisfied. 

While his brother and a flat first grade teacher looked on, the house passed the hair dryer test!!