A little clip of the kids working together to learn colors and color words. Aw, so cute :) Best viewed with audio, Big X is reading the color words to Little Hugaboo and she is putting them on the game board.
I can’t figure out how to embed the video on the blog page, so you’ll have to click the link instead.
So, what do you do as a photo assistant when you’re only six years old? Looks something like this-
And then deface a public park display by taking the pinwheels out of the ground (did not take a picture of that- but there were QUITE A FEW that had “fell down” after get got done looking at them)…
And then look closely in this where’s waldo picture (hint: he was wearing a Red Hawks hat)
The Big Hugaboo took his PIAT-R (achievement test) and did really well. In our state it’s not required to test them every year, so we drove across the border and did the exam in MN (its a national exam, however). It covers general information, including science & social studies, reading recognition, reading comprehension, math, spelling, and writing. I want to have it for my records as well as sanity (and proof that we actually accomplished something!)
His scores are very impressive. His actual age is 6 yr 2 mo and his score showed he ranked in the 90th percentile and at the equivalent of 7 yr 4 mo! The administrator of the exam felt the score should actually be even higher though, because he seemed to get bored as he got to the math section (at the end) and that was his lowest scoring area. For that (his lowest area) he still got the 63rd percentile (with 50th being average) because he was subtracting instead of adding on the word problems section (DOH!)
For his overall score, it shows that while he’s technically grade k-7 (seventh month of kindergarten) his score is closer to that of 1-9. Meaning he’s over a year ahead of the average! So, this closes out his official school year for this term. I want to give him a bit of a break before his summer programs & activities start up. But don’t worry, I’ll still continue to post my ramblings here throughout the spring & summer anyway ;)
So finally the little Hugaboo got to do something by herself without a stinky brother along! He’s on spring break right now with his Papa, so he missed out on the Easter egg hunt yesterday. But she had a lot of fun. They have to find the eggs IN THE DARK and use a flashlight while digging through shredded paper. It was a lot of fun, but made it difficult for pictures on my cell phone ;) There were also lots of little crafts and a couple of bounce houses. She did NOT want to see the Easter Bunny which was completely ok with me!!
On Friday, we went on a field trip to the MSUM science center at Buffalo River State Park. It was a lot of fun. We were there over 2 hours, but we’d like to go again and take even more time on the trail exploring. It was interesting to me to see the river bank erosion and what I call mini-glaciers from the ice that had been on the river that got pushed onto the land. So I included a couple pictures of those things for you too :) And without further ado, here’s some of the kids!
Climbing the “mountains” in Moorhead- flat land as far as the eye can see!! And bird watching from inside the center.
