We are shown a presentation on a country and then the activities relate to the country. Last month was England. The kids were especially interested in the presentation this month because it was about CHINA!!!! One thing we learned was that China was among the first to introduce paper. So we made paper from recycled material. They began by tearing up little pieces of newspaper and putting them in a bucket of water.
The staff used a blender to make "newspaper smoothies" then added it to a bucket of pulp. The kids used a screen to dip out and drain the newspaper pulp which had been added to some other papers that the staff put in the bucket previously.
Katie was so kind to my kids. She answered all of Abigail's many questions about her kids, her pets, her husband (in that order) and put out the effort to learn several of the signs that Abigail uses so she could communicate better with her. That was above and beyond our expectations, and so appreciated. Here Katie is showing Pat how to press water out of the paper pulp with a sponge.
Once they had gotten most of the water out of the pulp it was tapped off the screen an onto a paper plate to dry while the kids moved on to the clay project.
Since tea is a big deal in China, the kids made tea pots.
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