Co-op in Review: February 27, 2014

All of the Tapestry classes studied the beginnings of the United State's involvement in a war in a far off land--Vietnam!  Our involvement started with us sending weapons and training soldiers in South Vietnam, but after a while, we were sending troops to fight in the thick, tropical jungles of Vietnam.  The kids learned about this country--it's people, culture and geography, and enjoyed doing activities in co-op to learn even more!  The Dialectic class had a real treat, they had a guest speaker come and talk to them.  Lt. Col. Thomas Waldron visited the class and told about how he flew rescue and recovery missions in Vietnam.  The kids loved learning directly from a war hero and asked many questions.  The Upper Grammar class researched and created lap books all about Vietnam.  They also had a pizza and cookie party!  The Lower Grammar class made adorable Vietnamese peasant hats, like those work by rice farmers in Vietnam.  The Five in a Row class read the book, "The Story of Ferdinand."  It's the story of Ferdinand, a bull in Spain, who is picked to be in the bull fights, but would rather be sitting under a tree smelling the flowers!  They made adorable little Ferdinand figures out of toilet paper rolls!