FG had a couple of firsts last week.
She entered her first science fair at her elementary school and INSISTED on doing all the work herself. She came up with her own hypothesis which was “does coffee grounds or tea leaves make a plant grow faster?” She gathered the data over a three week period and entered all the information into power point. I did help with spell check and gluing the paperwork onto the presentation boards. She didn’t win overall for the 3rd grade but she got 1st place out of those who entered from her class. Conclusion: Coffee grounds (1 tablespoon per day) were best in helping make a plant grow.
We’re very proud of her persistence and the fact she did it all herself.
The other “first” for the week was a game of Monopoly. She did a great job of strategizing with her properties and when to buy houses and hotels. It’d been so long since I played monopoly, and have to admit, I had to look up a couple of the rules a few times.
I have a feeling we’ll be playing a lot more monopoly and other games when we’re snowbound next winter!
Rose: There would be too many tears if FG and FM were to play RISK. He hasn’t changed from the stories I hear of his youth and being overly competitive/mean when playing games.
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I think you shoul get the game RISK, I’m pretty sure someone in your household knows how to monopolize that game!
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Congraations on the Science Fair win! It is always better to do it by yourself! Coffee grounds will be headed for my garden. Thanks for the tip!
L likes to play Dog – Opoly (Buying dogs instead of houses) or Mall Madness. R and I play Battleship. Occassionally Yahtzee – never Scrabble. What does this say about us? 🙂
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We never make it through Monopoly. To the boy “more is better” and he uses no strategy and then we (well I) have to try not to just obliterate him and it always ends poorly. We’re much better with Blokus or Labyrinth, although I’m ready to give Risk another go! I always loved that game.
Tell her congrats on the 1st place and I’ll be putting coffe grinds in my Basil plants today. Grow! Grow!
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