MFW First Grade: Making a Scroll

   The first cool, worthy-of- photos project for first grade has definitely been making scrolls. He started by practicing his penmanship, writing his ABC's in the My Father's World workbook. We made little scrolls the first week which made him so much more excited about making a BIG scroll later.

Dora the Explorer would be proud:)

of course little brother needed to have a yellow one:

Then, I pulled out the pages for the scroll and told him to do his best since we were going to make it into a SCROLL! He could even write them with (hold your breathe!......) a PEN! Oh, the excitement!!

Evidently writing with the pen was stressful, and he had to catch a breath between each letter

 (my drama llama):

After days of this grueling work (yes, I'm sarcastic, but he thought it was SOOO hard):

THE SCROLL WAS COMPLETE:

He is very proud of his scroll, and it now lives on his computer desk.

And, of course, we made little brother a yellow scroll:

complete with treasure map:).

School can be so much fun when you let the kiddos use their imaginations. That is, at least, after they have already written all of the ABC's.