Not a Paper Doll

This is a story not about a Paper Doll, but an Action Figure.

So says the agreement between my son and his teacher.

The Social Studies lesson they are learning is about Colonial Times and they are grouped into Families for some learning and role playing. It is a neat lesson and the kids get pretty active into the pretend story that plays out before them as the unit continues. My son is the young teenage boy in the family; with our neighbor girl being his mother. The teams of families are chosen by the teacher and the bio/story line for each child and family is too.

The weekend homework assignment was to create "their person" in the form of a Paper Doll Action Figure.

My son was the only one to create his Doll Action Figure using a picture of his own face. Creative. He is like his daddy, he can maneuver around the computer with ease as he found this photo of himself, put it to the scale he needed, printed it, trimmed it, and assembled it onto his Action Figure.

I am learning this year that my son is an independent worker - right down to every detail of his learning. I did not even read the assignment. He just did it all by himself literally from head to toe, and allowed me a quick picture before he slipped it into his backpack. He does this with all of his work. He just prefers to be left alone to handle. And I think that is a pretty awesome thing to learn so young!

Until his grades prove otherwise that he needs intervention, I support letting him learn by doing his way. It is working. And I am enjoying watching him grow independently.