It was a strange little project but we were following her interests. That’s how it goes, right? Delight directed can lead to some interesting things and this led to making a hand.
We started with the Mystery Doug video for the week which is answering “Why do muscles bulge?” Miss J was enthralled with the information and watched the video twice. And then there was the extension project mentioned – building a paper finger.
“Please?!?”
“Get your supplies. They are listed right there.”
Off she runs.
Not much later, she is moving the finger around and comparing it to her own. Trying to make them both do the same things. And they pretty much can!
“I wonder if I could make a whole hand?”
“Well, look at the additional learning project – make a hand.”
“Please?!?”
“What do you need?” And off she goes to gather more of the same, plus a little more.
Not much later, she is trying it out, trying to see what she can make it do.
And asking for more videos on making fingers and hands that work. So we do some more videos.
An hour and a half later, her curiosity is satisfied and her projects are beginning to not be quite as interesting. So, on to the rest of the school day. But what a fun project and what fun learning! She will remember this one.
At Home.
At Home 
we made a hand this year too! 🙂 It’s rather fun, the lad tried it in a number of different ways.
It is a lot of fun to play with.
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