5th Grade Project

Last week Sophie had her first multi-week project due. It is called the 5th grade exhibiton project. At the beginning of the project the school had a parent meeting to let the parents know what the kids would be working on for the next 6 weeks. Kids had to pick a topic that they were passionate about, research it and do a project on it. We were urged to stand back, offer support but let our kids do it on their own. Good advice but really hard for a mom like me (read pushy!) to stand back and not take an active role in the project. Sophie chose to do her research on Therapy Animals. She did a fantastic job and ended up with a great poster and wrote a childrens book, complete with illustrations about the topic. I am so proud of her for doing such a great job all on her own (and so proud of me for truly staying out of her work!) Congratulations Sophie!!!