It’s finally Maggie’s turn to have her first day of school! Off to Dodge Nature Preschool for her second (and final!!) year of preschool!
Monthly Archives: September 2016
First Day of Second Grade
Thunderstorms all night and ominous gray skies in the morning didn’t diminish Griffin’s excitement for starting school again this year. (There was nervousness, too, but mostly he was looking forward to getting back into the swing of things.)
Maggie Art Roundup
Maggie is not as prolific as Griffin at this stage, but she also loves working at the art table. Below are a few of her recent creations (age 4).
“Stream”
“Spaghetti”
“Crystal City”
“Baby Bird”
“Color Snake”
Griffin Art Roundup
A gallery of art that Griffin created over the past few months (7 years old). Most of these were created at the art table, often in the morning when Griffin likes to come downstairs and create art before the rest of us get up.
“A Park” Spring 2016
“Housey” Spring 2016
“Roller Coaster” Spring 2016
“Minecraft Kitty” Spring 2016
“The Bottle in the Sea” Spring 2016
“Footprint Tracks with Raindrops” Spring 2016
“Puddle in the Hole” Spring 2016
“Splat” Spring 2016
“Franconia” July 16, 2016
“Marker Castle” August 15, 2016
“Crayon Castle” August 14, 2016
Griffin’s Astronomy
While cleaning up the house over the weekend, we found a pile of work that Griffin created at school last year (first grade). This chart of the solar system reminded me of my recent post, Maggie’s Astronomy, so I thought I should add this here. Griffin is aware, by the way, that Pluto is no longer considered to be planet.
As part of his astronomy research in first grade, he also took notes on some of the facts he unearthed. I picked a few to share below.
Note the creative (and phonetically reasonable) spelling of explode: “iiczplod.”
Last of Summer’s Light
Our next photo from our August 30 photo shoot at Franconia with Sarah Hudson. Click below for a larger version.
