Land of Learning

Students in Open Doors enjoyed making play dough completing a lesson on "sequencing, following directions, and writing specific directions". The students compared purchased play dough to homemade play dough and determined that making your own play dough was cheaper; there was a larger quantity, and the fun of making your own was NO comparison. The students had so much fun using the play dough to make models of the brain. They will continue a study of the brain by making models using different materials next week while learning the functions of the different parts of the brain.











Armand enjoys a simulation of brain surgery on the computer.





Nautica and Shamia think this study is too much fun!!!


The students were asked to write specific directions for how to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. Mrs. Land told the students to write EVERY detail and to be very explicit in their directions. (Students learned what that word meant.) Mrs. Land proceeded to follow the directions exactly how they were written.
The result:
"Put the peanut butter on the bread." Mrs. Land did what the directions said and actually put the peanut butter on the bread.

"Put the peanut butter and jelly on the bread and put the top piece of bread on top."
WOW!!! Someone would have a hard time eating that one!!"

Maisie gets a real kick out of trying to eat this sandwich.


Ladarius and Daeceion think this is a really funny sandwich.




Judge Kidd enjoyed watching the students as they answered a test about "following directions" that Mrs. Land gave the students. This was a trick "test" to see if the students would follow the directions. The TRICK: At the top of the page students were told to read ALL of the statements BEFORE answering the test. On the bottom line the statement said, "Now that you have read all of the statements, answer #1 and turn your paper over." ONLY one child followed the directions clearly....but the rest sure had fun following the directions of the test!!