Thomas's Day

Thomas got to be the photographer on Friday. We had been to the zoo on Wednesday and the kids were still talking about all that they had seen. We spent almost the whole day Friday working in groups to plan and design a zoo. It was one of those projects that makes me question my sanity. My first direction was that everyone in the group had to agree about what animals went in their zoo and what the zoo would look like. It's not easy to get a group of 4 kids to agree on anything, much less a whole zoo. But we pressed on throughout the day and I was pleased with the results. So even though the room was a mess, many tears were shed, and I ended the day covered in green paint, I think I will do this again next year. Here's what Thomas had to say:

 The first thing we had to do was make a list of 10 animals to put in our zoo.  We had to agree.

 Next we had to make a plan for our zoo.  All the animals had to have a place to live and there had to be a path through the zoo.

 Mrs. Kyle printed pictures of the animals we choose.

 Then we had to draw the zoo on a big sheet of paper.

The best part was painting.

I'll post pictures of the finished product later.