The Lion & the Mouse

PLAY TIME: Today marked the end of winter quarter of the kids' Friday classes, including their drama class. Since it was their last class, they put on a show! :)  Specifically, the Lion and the Mouse (or in today's case, Mice).

I was impressed when we walked into the room how all the kids were in character, including CJ, the lion, right down to his 'paws.'

Annabelle was a mouse. You can see her hiding out under the chair in the back of this photo.

And here she is, waiting for her chance to emerge and get into the scene. 

All of the kids did a good job, and the standing room only audience was appreciative.

Bravo!

BUSS STOP:  Yesterday afternoon, after yoga, a stop in a local brewery in Ballard turned into a spelling lesson for the kids. 

I saw a tent card on the table encouraging patrons to buss the table. I told the kids under NO circumstances should they BUSS the table, but they should clean it off after they were done. We then talked about how buss with two Ss means kiss, and with one s it means mass transit or cleaning your own table.

NEWS FROM THE PROF:  Today we had an email in our inbox, from Professor Lou Bloomfield of the University of Virginia. He's the guy teaching our physics class via Coursera. I think he's been reading students' postings in the forum. (Specifically, all the ones where people are freaking out about how challenging the quizzes are.) Today, he wrote, "If you are taking the homework quizzes, please know that I have made every question challenging intentionally -- thinking is central to learning physics and you learn more from questions that make you think. If you're getting more than half the questions correct, you're doing well!"

More than half = doing well!? That makes us feel really good about our scores! :)