Sunday, November 30, 2008

Colonial Days and Feast

By george, is it really Tanner?
Shall we have tea?

Our dellarobia table designs were beautiful for the feast


Dressed in colonial attire, our class spent two days participating in numerous activities including hat making, calligraphy, tin design, candle making, pomanders, games, quilting, creating our own whirligigs, formal tea time, weaving, papyrotamia, and stitchery. We also enjoyed a tremendous feast put on by our fabulous parents. We had an authentic colonial menu and decorated the table using dellarobia, which includes symmetry and fresh fruit. We also performed a minuet for our parents and they even insisted on an encore!

Saturday, November 15, 2008

Colonial Home Field Trip




How fortunate we are to be have an authentic colonial home right here Edmond. Mr. and Mrs. Duncan gave us a grand tour of their home showing us how a colonial kitchen worked, the symmetry associated with that period of architecture, the importance of tea, and many details about furniture making and blacksmiths. Perhaps the biggest highlight was having Mr. Duncan shot his flintlock rifle in the backyard. Sixty students and fifteen parents jumped in surprise at that explosive sound! We concluded the day by writing letters of appreciation to our wonderful hosts.

Guest Speakers



We were privileged in October to have guests speakers Dr. Ray Campbell and Shelley Mitchell teach us about trees. Dr. Campbell is a retired OSU professor and Isabella's grandfather and Shelley is an Extension Plant Science Specialist with OSU. They had many activities and examples to help us understand the importance of trees in our everyday lives. We were amazed to see the normal household products that contain elements from trees such as certain cleaners, makeup and spices.

Book Buddies



Every two weeks we enjoy time with our book buddies. We have teamed up with Mrs. Nelson's first grade class this year. We love reading together and building a friendship. After all, those first graders really look up to us.