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paper doll
Paper doll made by T.H. at the Detroit Institute of Arts after seeing the Avedon exhibit.      
some of the Pumpkins the kids painted on the Porchpumpkinpumpkinpumpkinpumpkin
A Play-Doh camera and a Play-Doh map of Michigan done on the Porch by JD. cameramichigan
A sidewalk drawing of a house by TH.   house chalkhouse
September garden.green tomato  sunflower
The first tomato of the year - finally - given to the grandma next door.

tomato
August night on the Porch. Old friends returned, made friendship bracelets, and played jump rope.  JD, LH, TH,  and SD. braceletbraceletbraceletbeacelet
Their last field trip of the summer, just before they responded to the lifeguard's bullhorn telling them it was time for them to go with a group rebellion: they told us they were never going home from Stony Creek.
stony
Digging for fossils at the zoo's dinosaur exhibit.  zoo
The  1.5 mile walk to Heilmann, the closest recreation center.  the walk
The first potato the kids grew. Soon, it was baked and eaten. potato
A Madagascar Cockroach at the Youth Day on Belle Isle.
ES holds the cockroach herself.
 
       
youth day
A few of the kids on their way home from Chandler Park Aqautic Center. They are starting on their 2 mile walk after swimming. walk
One of the teen volunteers, TH, helps DJ pick up the fish he just caught with her help at the Spring Valley Fish Farm in Dexter, MI.  fishing
One of the teen volunteers, TH, and her partner JD, on the DDOT bus trying to write down more street names than the other kids in a competition Ms. Karen arranged for them.
bus
Bowling at the Garden Bowl downtown.  bowling
Books to choose from for partner reading time. books
The first summer art project. Backpacks made from old jeans by LJ and M. backpackbackpack
LH helped to get the fabric paint ready for the summer program. She and IG made this fine piece of modern art from the goo in the dried up bottles.  fabricpaint
Summertime math: multiplication bingo with prizes and cheat sheets.  bingo
T made a sweet car from K'nex. car
While painting a picture, E.S.  got a little tempera paint on her hand. She was then inspired to paint her arms. Another kid said she looked like a superhero.
blue arms
A house built by using almost all the building blocks by JD and TD.   more legoslegos
The new raised beds. The kids chose to plant broccoli, collards, white raspberries, red raspberries, tomatoes, radishes, carrots, sunflowers, and hot  peppers.  The old strawberry bed was kept and is full of green strawberries. Photos by A.C. Age 16.
garden
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Three of  many science projects children got help with for school: the floating egg (density) for I.G., earthquakes and buildings T.D., and fire extinguishers (acids and bases) J.D. science  sci   sci
An Afternoon on the Porch:
Three school science projects, one homework math ditto about money, learning about magnets, some community service from L.H. who is 12 years old, and bike riding on a pretend street made from chalk on the sidewalk.
porch
Beginning the 2009 Garden with a new raised bed covered in glitter.  garden
TD was studying fossils at school and thought that this leaf looked like it had made a fossil in the ice under the playground swings.  leaf fossil
JD made these snow hearts by pressing her feet into the snow and then spraying them with food coloring. snowhearts
JD and her sister TD made this snowman snowman
JD made this snow angel and colored it with food coloring. snowangel
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