Leonardo Da Vinci

Pringle can book report.

Almost done – only a few days left of school and one project left to pass in. Of course we left it to the last minute. The Girl has three weeks to work on it – but no – we break out the stuff the day before.

She has read about Leonardo da Vinci before and she knows all about the Mona Lisa so it wasn’t too bad. I read her al the information and she took notes and then worked on her good copy.

I showed her some pictures of Leonardo’s inventions and she decided to turn her Pringles can into his Great bird. Off to Wal-Mart for supplies. We broke out the hot glue gun while she cut out the shapes.

All done.

Nope – you get bonus marks for dressed in like the subject. Crap – I had left al lour costume stuff behind with the rest of the Halloween decorations. I had capes and wigs and beards and heats with feathers – it would have been perfect.

Back to Wal-Mart – but it is out of season for Halloween. We got some fabric and tassels which I glued together and some cotton batting and stuffing to make a beard and hair. We borrowed and awesome hat form the neighbors and pulled together a costume.

We/She got an A+. Awesome. The note on the report said it was one of the best projects presented. She also got praise for her Pringles can – everyone made theirs into a person.

Nice way to end the year – you have to understand that The Girl has Dyslexia an started the year reading at a Grade 1 level. For her to write 2 pages is a big effort and then to be able to read off her note cards and do a presentation is huge. Great progress thanks to some great teachers. I wish we could stay an extra year just for the school.