Hedgehogs!

For the past week and a half we have learned a lot about hedgehogs. Kyler's class is studying the desert in their science class. Each student was assigned a desert creature. They had to create a model of their animal in its natural habitat and answer some questions for an oral report.

Kyler was assigned a hedgehog. He was supposed to do all the work for making the model with very limited help from me. And they had to write down the answers to the questions on a sheet of paper. Then he had to practice giving a report on it.

He did an amazing job making his hedgehog. I gave him the idea and he made it happen. He dipped over 250 toothpicks in three different colors of paint. He dipped both ends in paint and let them dry in between.  After they were dry, he cut them in half to create over 500 spines.  Then he painted a foam “egg” and stuck the toothpicks into it for the spines. Then I helped him hot glue on eyes and a nose. Then he drew a desert backdrop with cacti and made several cactus out of pipe cleaners and stuck them into styrofoam I hot glued to the cardboard box. I think he did a great job!

Painting the hedgehog body

 Dipping all the toothpicks in paint

Coloring the backdrop

 Showing the finished project

Isn't he a cute hedgehog?

Then, on Monday, October 29, he gave his oral presentation to his class. First he read the report with the answers to all the questions about hedgehogs. Then, one of his classmates got to give a compliment about his presentation. Last, he got to ask the class a “quiz” question to see if they were listening.

Kyler giving his presentation

There were 7 kids who did their presentations on that day and I think he did the best job that day. There were two other days of presentations and I didn't attend those but for the day Kyler presented, he did amazing! I am so very proud of him! Not bad for a 1^st grader.