On Tuesday, a letter came home from school informing us that a student in Aidan's class had head lice. No names were given but every child knew exactly who had it.
Here is the email message that I received today from Aidan's teacher:
"One of our students who left on Tuesday due to having lice, came back today. She came in a bit late after the other students were already settled in. From across the room, Aidan yelled to her, asking if she had gotten 'that lice situation all figured out.'
I immediately took him into the hallway and we discussed what happened. I truly believe this was an example of his impulsiveness, not necessarily him trying to be hurtful."
I will never, EVER tell Aidan that I laughed when I read what he said! Talk about putting your foot in your mouth. He was very upset about the whole incident, because he just wanted to find out if she was okay and it "came out all wrong." Yes, indeedy, it did. I think a future in the diplomatic corps is definitely at risk.
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Field trip
Today was the third grade field trip to Beaver Lake Nature Center and I was allowed to tag along as a chaperone (no snickering, please). I was not on the starting roster of chaperones but a late substitution; one of the parents had a medical issue with their child yesterday and had to cancel.
The purpose of the field trip was to visit the maple sugarbush and see how maple syrup is made.
Pat, the friendly Beaver Lake intern, told the students what types of trees are tapped and how those trees are tapped:
Here they see and smell a vat of sap boiling down into syrup (that is Aidan's head almost in the middle of the photo):
Pat then challenged them to taste samples of maple syrup and commercial syrup, and then correctly identify the maple syrup:
I correctly identified the maple syrup; it was not as thick nor as sweet as the commercial syrup.
After eating lunch, the class went for a hike:
No students were lost in the woods, fell into the lake, or broke any bones so I guess it was a successful field trip!
The purpose of the field trip was to visit the maple sugarbush and see how maple syrup is made.
Pat, the friendly Beaver Lake intern, told the students what types of trees are tapped and how those trees are tapped:
Here they see and smell a vat of sap boiling down into syrup (that is Aidan's head almost in the middle of the photo):
Pat then challenged them to taste samples of maple syrup and commercial syrup, and then correctly identify the maple syrup:
I correctly identified the maple syrup; it was not as thick nor as sweet as the commercial syrup.
After eating lunch, the class went for a hike:
No students were lost in the woods, fell into the lake, or broke any bones so I guess it was a successful field trip!
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