Homeschool Showcase: Getting to Know You

Today the kids participated in our homeschool group's Homeschool Showcase. Basically each month our group gets together, with a certain theme in mind, to allow the kids to get up in front of each other and present something that they've been working on. In my mind it's the perfect thing, I don't have to teach a class, or do anything extra, but my kids still get the opportunity to practice speaking in front of people, and explaining about a project they've been working on.

This month's theme was Getting to Know You. So, each kid got up and introduced themselves. I loved seeing the variety of creative ways everyone came up with to do this.

For my kids we turned it into an art project. I took our lamp from our nightstand and shined it at the wall, then I had the kids sit in a chair, so that their shadow projected onto the wall, and I traced the silhouette onto a piece of white paper. Then I had each kid tell me some things about themselves, and we looked around on the internet to find a clip-art that could represent that thing. Each kid colored and cut out their clip-arts, and glued them inside the silhouette of their head. Then using water colors, they painted colorful patches onto the remaining white space. Then we cut out their heads and glued them onto a black card stock. I think they turned out awesome.

Adelia: "My name is Adelia Swan. I like my name, Adelia, because it is my favorite name. I am 4 years old. I like to pick flowers for my mom. I like to cut things. I like to play soccer. I love everyone and I am good at making friends. I like worms. I put them in our garden. I know that princesses really exist, because there is one in England. I like to help my mom bake cookies. This year I am in preschool." 

Ivan: "My name is Ivan Swan. I like to build Trio castles. I like learning about scorpions. I like to learn about acting in my Triple Threat class. I also like to ride my bike and go camping. I like to exercise, and my favorite way to exercise is to pump weights. My favorite food is pizza. I like to look at books. I am really good at helping my mom unload the dishwasher, and going outside to check for eggs from our chickens."  

Lincoln: "My name is Lincoln Swan. I like snakes. When I grow up I want to be a scientist. I like to go hiking. I like to draw and build things. My favorite sport is tennis. I like to build robots. Some of my favorite things to do are read books, draw maps, and play the piano."