Kenna is so lucky this year to have such an amazing teacher. Mrs. Iliobachie is such a breath of fresh air. She is getting her masters and trying all of these new education techniques on the kids. She believes in experience based learning, and having it be very fun. I am amazed at what McKenna has been able to accomplish this year! She is almost 2 levels ahead in reading and continues to excel in math and writing as well.
This last weekend Melissa arranged a trip to the capitol as the kids are learning about government. This was on her own time. It was interesting even for me to really experience how gorgeous the Iowa state capitol is! We learned it took 15 years to complete, everything is done by hand and is so ornate.
Kenna is excited to be able to climb to the very top when she is in 4th grade :)
The kids also invited us to their school to share their research projects. Melissa is working on their presentation skills and each student took a topic to research and compare past and present. Some studies transportation to school, others heating of schools, construction of schools, etc. All of the topics were about schools past and present. McKenna chose to research teachers and what they had to know now versus then, how they dressed, rules about teaching...it was very interesting!
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