FIAR Co-op - Night of the Moonjellies

This book, by Mark Shasha, is very fun with a lovely air of wonder and awe about it that young children can really relate to. We loved it! Sally was the FIAR teacher this week, I was the writing teacher, and our poor friend Lisa was home with a bad head cold, so we were down one teacher and two students. Without an adult helper in the class, Son C took most of these pictures!




In the story, a seven year old boy spends the summer helping at his grandmother and great aunt's seaside hamburger and seafood stand. One day he finds something jelly-like on the beach, and after a busy day helping at the restaurant, his grandmother takes him out on a friend's boat and shows him what this special jelly-like thing is.


Sally turned my kitchen into a seaside food stand, and let each child make their own menu.


Then they put on an apron and chef's hat, and went to work making hamburger patties!





They also served smoothies at their food stand!


They even made enough hamburgers and smoothies for all the writers to eat when writing class was finished. Thanks five-in-a-row kids!!