Bats!

Some of you may have heard Ellie had her first at home project to complete for school over the last couple weeks. We were instructed to allow her to choose, but help her with research - coaching her content. But the project should be in HER handwriting. IF ONLY I'd remembered to take a picture of the project!

We worked on it over an entire weekend. Planning which bats to compare. What facts would we choose, and then shopping at Michael's for the supplies to build the poster-type project.

We practiced with Ellie at home too. Sitting on couch as the audience, Bill and I eagerly watched as she had real fun with it. One of the elements she compared between the Giant Fruit Bat and the Vampire Bat was their size. I tried to give her context around the size.

The Vampire Bat is about 8 inches long. So I measured her arm from elbow to wrist (8 INCHES) and used that to help her understand - and then I lay on the floor (all 5'2" of me) and showed her the wingspan of the Giant Fruit Bat was as wide as I am long!

Don't you know she used that in her presentation. "The Vampire Bat is 8 inches in wingspan. That's as long as my elbow to wrist. But the Giant Fruit Bat can have a wingspan of 5 feet .. and that's as long as my mom!"

She said she got quite a laugh! Which is always her goal. So glad that learning is fun for her .. and really glad Bill and I learned SO much about BATS too!