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Aug. 10, 2008
Ocean Mural
This year we are studying oceans! We are using Exploring Creation with Zoology 2: Swimming Creatures of the Second day. It's one of the elementary Apologia Science books by Jeannie Fulbright. We will be making a diorama ocean scene with an ocean floor made out of paper mache and the "critters" made out of clay and painted. As well as doing some research projects and LOTS of trips to the Aquarium. After each section, we'll head down there to really see what we are talking about. So when we talk about turtles we'll go see our famous sea turtle. when we discuss dolphins, we'll go down and watch the dolphins. It will be so nice to be able to really focus on one section and REALLY focus on it.
To start off our study DH came up with a creative idea to jazz up our school area. we have some WHITE cupboards that are really plain and boring. So Dh thought we should paint them. while i liked the idea, i didn't think it would work so well as paint has a tendency to chip if banged, thumped and kicked. And in our house that's a given. So we found an alternative. STICKERS!! But . . . there just isn't that many ocean creature sticker packs. so we had to go searching for some clip art!! After asking on a couple fo yahoo groups, i finally was directed to the www.learningpage.com they have an ocean page that has not only sea creatures, like dolphins, and man-of-wars, but they also have a mural. An under the sea type mural!! I went down to our local Office Depot and purchased full sheet sticker lables. They were cheaper than the ones named sticker paper. I then printed it off on it. we colored it, cut it outand slapped it up on the cupboards. Below is a couple of pictures of our cuboards. the two cupboards are right next to each other so the mural just flows on to the next cupboard. Very neato!!
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Aug. 12, 2008 - How cool
Vanessa
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