Dylan’s been selected for Philosophy Club – an elite club of eight 7yr old classmates lol!
D’s teacher: “They go out for an hour on Tuesday afternoons and have a think – they think through things by using drama and art.”
D: “We go out for the whole afternoon on a Tuesday for fun and games. We think about thinking.”
My work colleague: “That’s a new way to do detentions!”
For the past three weeks in Design & Technology club, the children’s challenge has been to design and make a scooter. Of course, Dylan decided he wanted to make one that was also a stringed instrument. Apparently it took most of the first session to explain it to the teacher, and convince her that it WOULD fulfil the brief and be a scooter.
It actually looks a bit like a Segway…
Humpback Whale
Humpback Whale
Last Friday at our exclusive Football + Music Club 🙂
29th Jan 2014: Steve the Scorpion
29th Jan 2014: Sam the Scorpion
In today’s Art + Board Games + Sharing Club we drew Sam and Steve the scorpions and their pedipalps (pincers) – thanks to our new ‘Draw Really Cool Stuff’ book by Doug DuBosque. Dylan then excavated the final 2 dinosaurs from a block of plaster so that we could progress to the accompanying ‘Dinosaur World’ board game.
This is Day 29 of a 30 Day Post-a-Healthy-Picture challenge
23rd Jan 2014: A 3d pepper
I could have put a couple more contours around the front and the contours at the bottom should be inverted..
23rd Jan 2014: A 3d apple
In our Art + Board Games + Sharing Club this evening, we decided to continue with our 3d technique and look at some healthy foods. ‘Board’ got removed from the club’s title and club members disbanded as Dylan then decided he’d prefer to play on the Spanish MindSnacks app this week – as he “really needed to get to Level 7”.
This is Day 23 of a 30 Day Post-a-Healthy-Picture challenge
17th Feb 2014: Tonight’s football and music score
The inaugural meeting of our exclusive Football + Music Club resulted in a score of Dylan 8, Becky 6. (With just a little bit trickery going on!)
On his cello, Dylan practiced Auntie Daisy Goes Crazy whilst I identified Eat Apples Daily, Grow Big Ears – on the guitar.
This is Day 17 of a 30 Day Post-a-Healthy-Picture challenge
Son: Barcelona are the best football team in the world! Mikayla showed me lots of videos and in one, they got 27 scores and the other team got zero!
Mum: Why are Barcelona so good then?
Son: They do LOTS more practice and training and spend more time on their club – that’s what Mikayla said.
You want to see the statue?
Mum: Go on then.
Son: [Strikes a pose] ‘Huh!’ That’s someone doing a header with the ball in Barcelona!
D: Do you know why today is going to be a happy day?
Me: Why?
D: Because, the sun is out and when I blink my eyes I see a happy face behind my eyelids – two eyes there and a big smile. So it’s going to be a happy day.
Me: That’s good.
D: …But then, do you know why it might not be a happy day?
Me: Oh, why?
D: Just LOOK at those BIG rain clouds. So it might not be a nice day… But maybe it will be a happy day this morning, when the sun’s out, and then a sad day this afternoon when it’s rainy.
Me: It won’t a sad day this afternoon – you’ve got Art Club!
D: But it will rain at play time! The rain clouds might think, “We should go away.” Or they might think, “We should get some water down there so they can live.” So there’s two choices.
More evaluation 🙂
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