Adventures of Two Sisters, One Brother, and a Mom: Adventures In Poster Making....

It is never a good idea to wait until the last minute to help my children with their class projects... but, of course, that is just what I always seem to do. This week was no different. Big A told me that the project was to make a poster about an inventor. Sounded simple enough. So she decided that she wanted to make a poster about the inventor of the first Barbie doll. I looked up info online, and she cut it out and designed her own poster. It was after the poster was complete, that I read the actual assignment sheet--- turns out that the inventor had to be an African American (black history month), and Big A had actually been assigned an inventor to learn about. Soooo... we made another poster! Fun, fun.... She did a great job on both posters!

D did not get an inventor assigned to him-- presumably because he's in special ed. That irritates me... He wanted to make a poster too, so I let him chose an inventor to learn about. He chose the inventor of the first Helicopter. He is really into airplanes and helicopters--- he plans on being a pilot when he grows up. He is very passionate about it actually-- it is very cute. He worked hard on his poster as well. I was very proud of him. The next day, I spoke to his teacher about his assignments, and she assured me that he would have projects to do in the future. I do not want him excluded from these activities just because he is in special ed. He is perfectly capable of participating and learning from these assignments!

Of course Little A had to get into the act as well. She made her own poster-- also about Barbie dolls. She even took it to daycare the next day to show it off to her class! Everything these days has to be in 3s--- no one can be left out. That means more work for me, but it's worth it. I guess it is sort of a family bonding experience. Of course, I was the one that was left to clean up all the paper scraps... :)

Below are photos documenting our poster making experience....

My Three Babies Industriously Working....