The negative and the positive

We are reading a book right now in class called The Seer of Shadows by Avi. The book is set in the 1870s and is told through the eyes of a photographer's apprentice.


Through the detailed accounts of developing film throughout the story, it has come to my attention that my students DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT FILM! That's right folks, they are too young to remember developing film (or at least dropping it off at Walgreens!).


I made the double mistake of asking them if they knew what slides looked like when we were talking about negatives, and they looked at me with blank stares. What is the world coming too? I love my Dad's slideshows!



On a positive note, we are learning about how a bill becomes a law. Click here to learn more!

Playing around with light

We have been studying about different forms of energy in science this week. Today we took it outside to play with our most famous source of energy the sun. We had a great time making rainbows with some prisms and water!

Make a scrapbook design

Emily Post would approve!

Thought that title would get your attention! We started off our week with a lovely Valentine's Day luncheon. Notice the table place setting diagram in the background. We had a manners course before we ate. The children had impeccable manners during lunch and wonderfully appropriate lunch conversation.

Happy Valentine's Day!

This greeting card created with Smilebox

Mary Brogan Field Trip

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Are you ready for some football? I mean civics.

Did you see the opening commercial to the Super Bowl last night? Some of the NFL's greatest read the Declaration of Independence. My vote is for that to be read every night on television. It will bring a tear to your eye and make you proud to be an American!