A month or so before Spring Break the kids asked how paper got from a tree in the forest to a piece of paper in our house. I thought about it for a second and realized I didn't exactly know. Considering Jared's job is all about the paper industry and this city was built around making paper, I figured it was something we all should understand a little better. So, for spring break we learned about paper together. It was an absolute blast. I learned so much.
We started with several questions and answered them through studying books, watching a DVD about a paper machine, experiments and going to the Paper Discovery Center here in town. The kids represented some of their learning on an empty wall in our dining room:
We also wanted to be able to share some of their learning with their grandparents, so we videoed them teaching Jared. I wish we could have captured them just telling about it in their excited moments instead of when they were feeling a little more scripted due to the video camera, but this captures some of their learning none the less:
Password for both is paper.
