Being a mom of now 3 children in school I am coming to realize that before the end of every quarter there will....and you better count on, some sort of project or presentation. I know that these are so good for the kids, but I also know that I think the teacher's are testing the parents to see just how involved they are in their child's school life. THESE PROJECTS ARE ALL ABOUT THE PARENTS.
The kids will still get them done without parental involvement, well maybe. But I am telling you right now if you have ever been in the classrooms and watched these children present their projects you can definitely tell if a parent helped....or sometimes did the whole thing (ha ha ha). There have been times that I have felt bad for some kids.
Anyways, Halle and her partner did a fantastic job. She pretty much had it all done by last Friday, but brought it home over the weekend to finish and tie things up. Ammon looked at it and Halle asked what he thought. He said he thought it was great, but that she should add a model and then print the words out and paste them on the poster. I thought that was a perfect amount of parental involvement. Halle was so proud when it was all finished. What I loved seeing is that she knew that she did a good job...ALL BY HERSELF. I could tell that she was pretty sure she was going to do good on presenting it.
So while they were presenting it Ammon had suggested to Halle that she should do dry ice under the volcano and it would look more real. She loved the idea. So guess who has to track down some dry ice? No, it really wasn't that big of a deal. And in the end it really is all that matters. You never remember how hard it was to put cleaning the house and everything else that I had planned out for that day...on the back burner so that you can help your daughter with her science project. She especially will remember that her dad and I helped her. That is what matters.
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