ILL Wrap-up -- March

HEALTH AND SAFETY

-- Compared and contrasted nutritional value of Cocoa Puffs and Froot Loops
-- Discussed danger of climbing on and leaping from furniture


MULTICULTURAL STUDIES

-- Ate Indian food
-- Ate Thai food
-- Drank Chinese tea
-- Discussed meaning of and practiced working the expression, "Not for all the tea in China" frequently into conversation


CIVICS

-- Debated home government styles: Oligarchy vs. Democracy


LOGIC/CRITICAL THINKING

-- Posited various theories behind LOST


MATH

-- Proved that one weekly trip to the grocery store is more economical than several trips to the convenience store
-- Practiced sequencing (One...Two...THREE!) and discussed probability of time-out


ENGLISH

-- Demonstrated importance of spelling and how the omission of an "L", from the MSNBC.com Top Headlines, "Bush Sautes Tuskegee Airmen" made a difference


ART AND CULTURE

-- Took children to see bawdy performance of "Dimboola" by local theater group


SCIENCE

-- Discussed Newton's first law: An object at rest will remain at rest unless acted upon by an external or unbalanced force and compared it to Mom's first law: Those toys didn't get all over the house by themselves...