Well done, Mr. President

For the last several weeks, Andrew has been preparing for the 3rd grade "Wax Museum." Each child chose a person from history to do a presentation and written report on. Andrew excitedly chose Andrew Jackson for the sole reason that they share the name. He did lots of research online and from books. We learned a lot of interesting facts about our 7th President. Did you know he was a war veteran and an orphan by age 15? Unfortunately, he also supported the 'Indian Removal Act' which displaced Indians from their homes. We had a fun time learning about this rough and tumble President. Part of the report was dressing up as the person. I was rather perplexed as to how I was going to make Andrew look like a man from the 1820's, but it all worked out. I altered a suit coat from the DI ($8) by cutting off the lower half of the suit to bring it to the waist. I then attached the pieces I had cut off to that back to create the "tails" of the suit. A bit of fringe and gold buttons and viola! you've got Post-Revoluationary War jacket!

Yesterday the parents were invited to attend the "Wax Museum." It was soo fun to see the kids standing there, still as a statue, waiting for the parents to "push the button" so they could share what they had learned (Einstein, Anne Frank, Besty Ross, Ab Lincoln, Babe Ruth just to name a few). Well done, Andrew!