Rechenka's Eggs AND a little of Star Lab too!

We read the story, Rechenka's Eggs by Patricia Polacco.

Old Babushka, known through out all of Moskva for her beautifully painted eggs is preparing her eggs for the Ester Festival when she takes in an injured goose.  She names the goose Rechenka, and they live happily together until one day Rechenka accidentally overturns a basket, breaking all of Babushka's lovingly crafted eggs. 

Ukrainian style eggs are stunningly colored and intricately designed. 

Here are some examples of Ukrainian style eggs.

We made our own Ukrainian style eggs.

Watch Rechenka's Eggs for yourself!

Star Lab

Last week we had the privilege of going to Star Lab!  (Special thanks to Mrs. Vande Voorde for taking time out of her schedule to get trained on Star Lab and for sharing her expertise with all of us at PES.) Inside Star Lab we learned about the different constellations and stories that go along with them.

Here we are waiting to go inside the Star Lab.

When we got back to our classroom, we read another book about constellations. Then, we created our favorite constellation with marshmallows and toothpicks.  They were good enough to eat, but Mrs. Wanke wouldn't let us eat our constellations!