Can you believe I started this post on January 20th? January 20th! That's 28 weeks ago! Don't want to rush into anything, ya know. Actually, the video was taken on our regular video camera. At the time, we didn't have the proper software to get the video onto the computer. Fast forward a few months - Leighton finally bought what we needed! Skip ahead a few more months - Leighton finally installed the software and edited my video!
Have I ever mentioned how much I love that man? If it were left up to me, my poor video would always and forever be lost in the camera. I am not the tech geek.
Thankfully though, I married one.
Everyone knows a chicken says, "bawk"(a very talkative one might say "bawk, bawk bawk, baaaawk!) But can you sound like a real live chicken? You can. Because I can show you how.
I can also show you how an energetic and mischievous 14 months old preforms for a camera.
Supplies:
A plastic drinking cup A nail
Yarn or cotton string Scissors
A paper clip Water
Paper towel
Directions:
1. Cut a piece of yarn about 20 inches long.
2. Use the nail to carefully punch a hold in the center of the bottom of the cup.
3. Tie one end of the yarn to the middle of the paper clip.
4. Push the other end of the yarn through the hole in the cup and pull it through.
5. Get a piece of paper towel about the size of a dollar bill. Fold it once and get it damp in the water.
6. Hold the cup firmly in one hand, and wrap the damp paper towel around the string near the cup. While you squeeze the string, pull down in short jerks so that the paper towel tightly slides along the string. If all goes well - you hear a chicken!
This demonstration is an example of how a sounding board works. The vibrations from the string would be almost silent without the cup, but when you add the cup, it spreads the vibrations and amplifies them. Jake and Alyssa played with their cups the rest of the day. They had fun being chickens for Daddy when he got home.
So now, when someone asks you, "What does a chicken say?" You can grab a few common objects and show them.
I put Zac down for a nap, mopped the
kitchen floor, and went in the basement with the other two kids while
the floor was drying. Now that it's summer, we haven't spent too much
time down there. Jake and Alyssa like going down and doing schoolwork at
their desks. I love when they ask, "May I do this page, please?" I'm
thankful they think learning is fun and not a chore.
While they were completing some workbook pages, I was trying to organize our hopefully-soon-to-be-new-classroom. I came across a box of noise putty that we used as prizes when we were in charge of junior church. My kiddies were thrilled to each get a container to play with.
They carried their putty with them everywhere they went, even outside in the sweltering sun. They showed me how the putty melted from the heat. It turned to slime and made a mess of their hands. This produced many smiles and replies of "Ewe! Gross!"
A while later, I stumbled upon this scene. (Technically, both containers were in the fridge at first, but by the time I got a chance to take a pic, one of them had been removed.) The kids informed me that since the putties were so "melty" they needed to harden in the fridge, like chocolate. Smart kids!
