This morning we began with work on Danny’s Mummies in the Morning follow-up project. We used the children’s dictionary to define pyramid and mummy. Danny worked to find the perfect pictures on the internet to insert into his project! He loved the picture of the Sphinx at the Great Pyramid at Giza in Egypt. He had fun talking about what would happen if the sphinx were alive! Next, we began our enrichment unit on the Winter Olympics! We read some of a fact packet on the topic which included that the Winter Olympics are held every four years since 1924. They will be held in Pyeongchang, South Korea this year. We found it on the map. We talked about how people all over the world would be sending athletes to compete. I showed him various countries on the map that have big teams in the games and we discussed how Americans will cheer for our country and Team USA. There are 102 events in the games. We learned about three of those events and watched videos from past Olympics of luge, ice hockey, and free-style skiing. We loved watching the free-style skiers do their tricks! Finally, in honor of Black History Month, we read a Florida Studies Weekly packet on African American History. We briefly reviewed the concept of slaves, Martin Luther King Jr., Harriet Tubman, George Washington Carver, Barack Obama, and Rosa Parks. I was impressed at some of Danny’s recall of Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King, Jr. from our discussions last month. We watched a Brain Pop Jr. learning video about Harriet Tubman. In the real photographs we saw of her, she was wearing a wrap on her head. In the first video picture of her, she was not wearing it. Danny asked, “Hey, where’s her hat!” We paused the video and I reiterated concepts for discussion throughout. Danny was very curious and interested in the work Harriet Tubman did to free slaves in the Underground Railroad. He scored 5/5 on the easy quiz. As with his science session, Danny was engaged and an active learner throughout our entire session. He was praised for his hard work and we discussed how good it feels to get work done and to do it timely. I was so very proud of him and shared our excitement for his amazingly positive day with his Mom!