The New England States

Being in fourth grade this year, Genin is studying different regions of the United States. This month, he did the New England States. I love when my kids hit the fourth grade because we do a lot of projects and I absolutely LOVE any kind of project. If you completed 4 projects, you would get 100% so that is exactly what we did.

The first project he decided to do was a potato stamp of Maine. He also had to include 10 uses for the potato (he came up with some pretty creative ones)



What do you think of his stamp? Looks just like Maine! Now, for anyone who knows me knows that I always like to encourage my kids to go above and beyond when it comes to their projects. So, with this project, Genin made his own homemade thick skinned potato chips!



From what I heard, the kids and teachers loved them and Genin was very proud of his very own created recipe! We posted the recipe on my other blog www.dede-kneadarecipe.blogspot.com if you would like to try it out. They are delicious!!

His next project was making his own lobster trap out of items you throw away. He used the shoebox his Etnies came in and (I) took a knife to it. He cut a piece of netting from an old hanger that holds stuffed animals. He didn't have a lobster so...he made that too! Using an empty toilet tissue roll and red tissue paper.



The third project was creating a recipe using either blueberries or cranberries. He chose Apple-Blueberry Muffins. They were delicious! Haven't posted the recipe yet, but will soon!






Lastly, he decided on the "Write a Poem" project. This is the project where he was able to show some creativity through writing. The assignment was to write a poem about the fall leaves of the New England States. He wrote a wonderful poem entitled, "All Things Autumn" and even got very decorative with the display of it gluing the poem to a torn orange background and stapling leaves to one top and bottom corner. Definitely display worthy! We wanted to add something to this project as well so I broke out the laminater. Genin tore up sheets of red, orange and cream construction paper. We then sprinkled the pieces between the sheets of laminate paper and ran it through the machine. Once sealed, we cut them into the shape of a leaf and punched a hole on the tip to thread a piece of ribbon. They kind of resembed stain glass after we finished. We made one for each child so they could have their own pieces of autumn :)




So much fun and a great way for Genin and I to spend some time together....we can't wait for the next region!!!