Last week our next-door neighbours provided us with loads of entertainment and learning opportunities when they had pavers laid in their backyard. We did our normal maths and English in the morning ( I get in trouble if I stray from the norm to much especially from Eli) But I encouraged them to pop outside and take a peek over the fence whenever their curious minds prompted them to. They spent most of the rest of the day hanging over the fence chatting with the workmen. I asked them to record their observations in the form of a painting and a written account. This is what they came up with:
LILLY age 5
The work men were laying pavers. They bug a hole. They sand.
ELIJAH age 6
On Wednesday. the workmen . laed pavers. they dug a hole and put sand in it.
ALANAH age 8
Laying Pavers
The workmen were laying pavers next door on Wednesday because ________ and _______ wanted pavers in their backyard. They dug a hole in the ground with a Bobcat then they put soil in it. Then they watered it. After that they put sand in it then they watered the sand.
One man said that he started at 7:00am the man wos swety.
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Then they all ran outside to show the workmen their creations. I wasn’t sure how well the guys would take being observed, painted and written about. The day after however my neighbour told me that one of the lads had been so tickled by the whole thing he told his family over dinner about the cool kids he met that spent their day learning about him.
what were the words missing in Alanah’s recount.
Prob the names of the kids over the fence? Privacy censorship??
Glad they had such fun!
Yes they were the names of the 87 year old kids over the fence.
That’s awesome!!