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May. 14, 2008
Unit Celebration - '50's & '60's night
We try to wrap up some of our units from the Tapestry of Grace curriculum with a
unit celebration. I gave the kids a choice. We live near a resort area
where there are all kinds of '50's or '60's shows. I let them choose between
going to a show or doing our own celebration at home and surprisingly, they
all chose to do our own at home. So we created a "Jack's Burgers". We
thought about carhops but my driveway is gravel...they couldn't use skates.
We thought about the patio but it turned out to be a cold day. So we turned
our home into a diner.
I actually gave the kids a choice. We live near a tourist area
where there are all kinds of '50's or '60's shows. I let them choose between
going to a show or doing our own celebration at home and surprisingly, they
all chose to do our own at home. So we created a "Jack's Burgers". We
thought about carhops but my driveway is gravel...they couldn't use skates.
We thought about the patio but it turned out to be a cold day. So we turned
our home into a diner.
My dd, Heidi, & I prepared all the food a little ahead of time. The wait staff seated
our patrons (older, married siblings and their families along with mom & dad).
They took orders and served the food. The kids created a cool '50's looking
menu. The menu consisted of hamburgers, corn dogs, fries, water, milk and
root beer floats. I got to enjoy sitting in the *diner* while Heidi and her
wait staff did all the serving. We had an oldies radio station streaming
online. Oh, and we all including our guests dressed for the era. After we
finished our root beer floats our guests wandered through the school room
looking at the kids' work displayed on their desks. It was a lot of fun and
came together relatively smoothly with a minimum of planning. |
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