Open House 2012

Every year at KHA, each grade prepares for Open House. It's a big deal at the school because this is the time where the students (or parents) can display their creativity in regards to making a school project. It is also a time where the parents can go visit all the other classes in the school to see what the students are learning or to just check out the next year's teacher or grade for your own child.

Every grade has a theme: Kindergarten is Farm Animals; First Grade is Rainforests; Second Grade is Oceans; Third Grade is Space; and Fourth Grade is CA Missions/Gold Rush/Transcontinental Railroad. For the Middle School (5th - 8th), it's a mix of displayed materials: such as their US State Models and reports (5th grade), International Cities (6th grade), World Architecture (7th grades),  Pig Dissection and Roller Coasters (8th grade) and visual media (they create their own videos such as reenacting a passage from one of their literature books or reenacting an important battle/war in history).

This year Emily made her Open House project in class (her State model was already made in November). Thank you God.. says her Daddy! All he had to do is to help Hannah with her Ocean project.

Hannah's 2nd grade Open House animal she chose was the clown fish.

We are thankful that she did not choose the whale since it is supposed to be 'life-size'. You might think that this is completely made by her daddy... it actually cannot be. You need to take pictures documenting the making process with the child so she actually has to help make it. This is a part of their report. Then she gives an oral report on how she made it to the class.

Matthew makes a significant effort in having the girls have ownership of their projects, age-appropriate of course. He designs it and 'enhances' it where needed.

Below are some of the girls previous projects which are still displayed in the house or in the garage somewhere.

Emily's Kindergarten Theme was Animals so they made a diorama in class.

When Hannah got to Kindergarten they changed it to Farm Animals and it had to be in a form of a puppet. She picked the horse.

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In 1st grade Emily made a Macaw.

When Hannah got into 1st grade she picked the Amazon pink river dolphin.

For Emily's 2nd grade project she chose the leafy sea dragon and Hannah made her clown fish.

For  3rd grade, Emily made a constellation, the Big Dipper.

4th grade, she made a Transcontinental Railroad. Can the railroad tracks BE anymore straighter?

For 5th grade, she chose her state report to be on Rhode Island, because it's the smallest state in the U.S. of A.

So much more for Hannah to look forward to. And so much more for us to store in our little home. And no, we will NOT be storing a dead dissected pig in the house!