Mother's Day Tea, Field Trip, Excel Expo and Dance Recital

In May, Sophie and I went to her Mother's Day Tea. They sang songs and we had yummy sandwiches and fruit. We also made these great looking hats.

 We went to the Delano Homestead for Sophie's class field trip. We saw lots of farm animals. Afterwards, we were able to visit the Kalamazoo Nature Center building and look at all of the animals found in Michigan. Sophie is in an indoor tree house with preschool friends: Lauren, Addy, Zac and Wendell.  

This year, Lillie did a research project for Excel on Dolphins. She made a Triorama with a clay model of a dolphin. She also made a menu with the types of food dolphins eat and packet of information about her animal.

 On Saturday, Lillie and Sophie had their dance recital. They had a lot of fun and they did a great job. Afterwards, we went to Plainwell ice cream to celebrate.

Lillie Field Trip and Excel Expo

Two weeks ago, Lillie and I went on her class field trip to the zoo.  I got to ride the bus with her and I didn't get sick.

This picture is of her class when they got off the bus. They were very tired after a long day at the zoo.

Lillie has been in excel this school year. Excel is a special accelerated class that meets for an hour each week. This past Wednesday, all of the Excel students showed off their projects at an open house.  The 1st graders did a animal research project. (They don't have Excel for Kindergarteners, so they put her in the 1st grade group.) Lillie displayed her triarama of a polar bear habitat. She also completed a research packet, made a pub menu of a polar bear's diet and a polar bear out of modeling clay.