Homeschooling Expo

I did not organize this, all I did was show up with some fun things my kids had made this year.  But I did feel happy in the back of my mind, because I had a little bit to do with inspiring my friend who DID do a lot of work to make this fun afternoon come together.  Last year ChristineMM at the Thinking Mother wrote about how encouraging she found a homeschooling expo where the children showed what they had done, chatted, and ate cookies.  I send the url of Christine’s blog entry out to friends, and Sue got inspired.

My boys brought their latest Lego models, M’s display from JR F.I.R.S.T. was mostly still intact, although, I couldn’t lay my hands on the photos of his team mates.  I printed a photo of them all with their awards to make up for it. One mom mentioned that her son loved Legos, and would like to join when he is old enough…B brought this computer with him, as he’d built it after all.  Also his flute.
Our friend J designed and sewed her dress and her sister’s.
M’s grandmother is always cold in her nursing home, and when she gets her tests at the hospital.  So M took a worn johny that fitted her Grandmother well back to her home, rubbed off a pattern, and made this one out of fleece.   her Grandmother should be much more comfortable in it!
The quilt was indeed a project for school, but the mounted newspaper clippings also looked like a quilt.  Do you think the greater number of Democratic newspaper advertisements (and their clear graphic style) helped them win the election?  The newspaper quilt sure makes it look that way!
Here were some poems and illustrations
and a poetic fish

These kids build the rabbit hutches and chicken coops themselves, they learned to faithfully care for the animals, who were not toys.
I think K enjoyed the big girls practicing their babysitting skills on her too!
S’s map smelled SO good.  I wanted to eat just a few states.

Thanks Sue!