E is such a wonderful student! She loves to come home on Monday and do her homework so it is out of the way and she can focus on other things. She is also very creative and when her teacher gave her a book report that also involved a craft she literally couldn't wait to get started! first she made up a list of supplies and things she would need for her project. We then inventoried the craft room and made up a shopping list. and then every day for the next three days she would ask about every hour if we could go and buy a pumpkin for her to make her project.
E was to choose and character from a book that she had read and decorate a pumpkin to look like that character. It could be real or fake, and she could use any sort of decorations she liked. E chose Sophie Mouse. She painted a cardboard pumpkin and drew on eyes a nose and mouth with a sharpie. She then came downstairs and said she needed help with the glue.
She cut out ears and told me where to place them. And I poked the holes for her to position her whiskers and tail.
She was thrilled with her final product!!
I suggested we take a break and work on the report tomorrow. E was insistent that we write out her first draft that day, so we did. She had to write two paragraphs, one about her character and the stories that she is in and one about her pumpkin and the creative process. E did it all and I sat there and added a few suggestions. And the whole time my heart was just exploding! She was so determined and so focused. I was a proud Mama!
It was such a fun project to work on together. E took her project to school two weeks before it was due. I am excited to see what her final grade will be!
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