Rhiannon on Academy

This week at Academy Rhiannon enjoyed her classes. Some of the highlights according in her words:

In sign language class I learned animal signs. My favorite was horse. She demonstrates. Hold both hands on the sides of your forhead with thumb and two fingers making and L, other fingers turned down. Then you turn your hands down toward the ground. We fingerspelled everyone's names and their parents names. She also demonstrates how to sign father and mother.

Next I went to manners class. We learned how to be a guest and how to be a hostess. When being a good guest, help when asked for help, stay and help pick up, do not leave dirty dishes. When being a good hostess make sure everyone wants to play the same thing, make sure they are comfortable and playing well. I also learned how to behave at a guest's house.

Then I went to my character class. Here I learned about being truthful. I learned a story about a boy. See if you can figure out which is false and true.

In Africa boys were camping out. In Africa boys used to kill lions to show their strength. One of the boys decided to show off his strength. He went on a walk and saw a friendly lion. He looked and saw that everything about him was safe. He picked up the stick and started waving it wildly at the lion. The lion was getting annoyed, he was about to make an attack. As the lion jumped in the air the boy leapt at him stuck his hand through his mouth, through his stomach to his tail and pulled him inside out. The lion was tickled to death by his own fur. So the boy conquered a lion and brought him back.

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In Africa boys used to kill lions to show their strength. One of the boys decided to show off his strength. He went on a walk and saw a friendly lion. He looked and saw that everything about him was safe. He picked up the stick and started waving it wildly at the lion. The lion was getting annoyed, he was about to make an attack.
The boy picked up his spear and stuck it in the ground. As the lion leapt the stick pierced his heart and he brought back the lion's body for all to see.

We also learned the story of Peter the Wolf and a story that our teacher told us that she did with her children.

My teacher was teaching her children about half-stepping. Her is the story she told. Me and my children were getting ready to pack. The children wanted to play with their things one more time before getting in the car. They were half-stepping so they had more time to play. On their last day of school their mother only brought them halfway and pulled over. She said "today we are only going halfway." This lesson showed them the importance of not half-stepping. It taught them to do things right the first time otherwise you have to do it twice. When you do things half-way often you are not doing them right.

Rhiannon