Sunday, February 9, 2014

Disney Treasures at the Museum of Science and Industry!


On Sunday our family FINALLY got to visit the Museum of Science and Industry and see the Disney Treasure exhibit!  

Look at the Mickey Ears on the front of the Museum!!


Getting excited!!!!


Here is Walt Disney and Mickey!

 

 Violet is excited to see Mickey too!


Outside of the exhibit we saw the train that Gavin B. told me about.  It was right where he said it would be...thanks Gavin!




We learned so much cool information about how Walt Disney made Mickey Mouse and his company!



 Here is Walt Disney's DESK and office!!

These are some of Walt Disney's actual awards...do you see the OSCARS!!!!????



We got to see some really cool props used to make the animated films.  
These are from Sleeping Beauty and Cinderella.



Actual Mickey Mouse Club Uniforms!   I kind of wish I had one of these....





This is Marry Poppin's BAG!  This was so cool!



Wish I had one of those......


More cool props and costumes used to make the movie Mary Poppins.




A map of the original Disneyland in California.


Walt's ideas for Tomorrowland...

An Original Disneyland Ticket!


Look!  Mr. Mobley found something from his FAVORITE ride at Disney World...It's a Small World!
:)

Violet really did too!  A poster from the Peter Pan ride!



 A Sketch of Cinderella's Castle


World's Best Lego Set!

Yes!!!



Violet found her favorites!

After the exhibit, we got to visit the Disney Animation Academy and learned how to draw Minnie Mouse!!!


Even Violet!


How did I do???




Here are all of our drawings!


We had such a great time visiting the Disney Treasures!!!  





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Groundhog Day Graphing!





Last week we learned about Groundhog Day!  We voted and made a graph to see if we thought he would see his shadow or not....











Well he did!  Punxsutawny Phil says 6 More Weeks of WINTER!



But I think Olaf has the right idea!


Who's with me!?

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Friday, February 7, 2014

Kerri Strug's Amazing Olympic Moment!


Today we read in our Journey's Books about Kerri Strug, an Olympic athlete.

Click HERE to see Kerri Strug's amazing Olympic Moment!

    

Here are some of the words our first graders used to describe her character:

perseverance
brave
believe
try, try again
never give up
try again
AMAZING!


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