{"id":105,"date":"2011-04-20T09:51:56","date_gmt":"2011-04-20T13:51:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.anislandmom.com\/?p=105"},"modified":"2011-05-03T13:27:17","modified_gmt":"2011-05-03T17:27:17","slug":"island-family-stonehenge-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.anislandmom.com\/?p=105","title":{"rendered":"Island Family Stonehenge"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Recently, my son\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s kindergarten class discussed the concept of collections. In conjunction with this and, I think, given that they were celebrating the 100th<\/sup> day of school, he was asked to bring in a collection of 100 of something.<\/p>\n

You need to know that I am not very good at this sort of thing. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m not creative in any sort of crafty way. This is one of many reasons why I chose secondary education over elementary education. Elementary teachers amaze me. Studying insects? They can wave their magic wands and make bug farms that wind through every classroom in the school and tie it in with their Flat Stanley projects as well as 17 other oh-so-fun activities that kids love and remember the rest of their lives.<\/p>\n

This is not my strength. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m more about Hey-guys-let\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s-discuss-Hemingway\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s-use-of-dialogue-in-A Farewell to Arms<\/em>. You know, stuff kids forget about before they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re even done with it.<\/p>\n

So, after hours of brainstorming and intense research, I suggested that my son collect shells. I know. Pretty good, huh?<\/p>\n

He didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t want any part of it.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I think I should do C-noodles,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d he said. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153C-noodles\u00e2\u20ac\u009d is our term for elbow macaroni.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Sweetie, that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s the example the teacher gave. Half the class might end up doing C-noodles.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I think I should do C-noodles.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t you want to do something a little more interesting, like, um, shells?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I think I should do C-noodles.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153What about sea glass, or sharks\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 teeth, or an assorted collection of all the things you find on the beach?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I think I should do C-noodles.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

He\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s very tenacious, that one.<\/p>\n

He did C-noodles.<\/p>\n

That was the culmination of the collection unit.<\/p>\n

Until last weekend.<\/p>\n

For some reason that I still have yet to determine, a large quantity of driftwood washed up on our beach a few weeks ago. This was not an anomaly, by any means, but the amount that washed up was larger than normal, for sure.<\/p>\n

So, last weekend, my son was out jumping waves, when mid-jump, he turned around, ran back up the beach, and announced that he was starting a driftwood collection. And so he proceeded, with great care, to assemble a pile of noteworthy pieces. Then, he took his pile and dug each piece into the ground, as you can see from the picture above.<\/p>\n

As my son was finishing, my husband turned to me, and we both said in unison, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Stonehenge.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Thus, our personal Island Family Stonehenge was born. Unlike the original, however, much of ours didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t survive the first night, likely being harassed by dogs, crabs and high tide.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, the original probably didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have to face any of those enemies (well, maybe the dogs), and my personal theory is that it wasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t built by a kindergartener.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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