This week at Craterworks the boys found a stack of wood and a few hand tools prepared for each of them.
Last week, the boys brainstormed some projects they would like to work on. Ross and Nathan thought one of their ideas, a Japanese rock garden, would be an easy project to use to teach the boys some new construction techniques. First they made a box to hold the garden.
The boys also made tiny rakes from bamboo skewers and toothpicks. After they finished their boxes, they filled them with sand and decorative rocks.
This is Gib's finished garden. Everyone likes raking patterns into the sand with his little rake. Craterworks has been a consistent bright spot in a dismal school year. We're excited to see what next week's project will be!
Depending on how you look at it, here is one of the hazards or one of the blessings of distance learning: the ability to crawl back into bed for a nap between classes. Just be sure to set an alarm so you don't sleep through your next class.
Brandan started a fire Sunday morning which made this a cozy place to sit.
On Sunday afternoon, we drove up into the mountains to take Abe's senior photos. At the same time, Helen made a video for her biology class. She needed to find 5 living things, 5 dead things and 5 non-living things. Sadly, there was plenty of litter lying around to include in the non-living category. It was a bit chilly, and very beautiful, afternoon.
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