Teaching in Telluride

Today Jack, Hank and I headed to the Telluride Elementary School. Instead of kindergartners we worked with first graders...trust me there is a difference. We put together a slide show on our MAC that played while I taught the kids about where Maine is located, the Maine mountains and habitat, and how that all compares to Colorado. Then Jack talked about the coastline, the ocean, and lobster fishing.  Hank finished with a presentation on what grows in Maine and showed them a "food map" on wild blueberries since their class was working on food unit.  After finishing our presentation we handed out blueberry cake that my mom made and a word search that we put together for them. This is when I could see the difference between kindergartners (like we worked with in Montana) and first graders. Instead of the kids making little bubbles around random letters, or circling  B when the letter was M, these first graders beat me to most of the words. Another great visit to a local elementary school. Heading to a different first

grade class on Friday and two kindergarten classes next week.  Can't wait!!

Grant (Hi Tommy)