The odd part was that after the had completed a worksheet, written a summary and prepared an oral presentation, they had to create a likeness of their subject ... as a potato head.
They could use the real toy and dress it up. Or they could use a sheet from their teacher that had a cut-out-able body, arms and legs. Or they could use a real potato.
Do I even need to tell you which one Biscuit picked?!
He chose Albert Einstein as his subject.
They had to tell the basics facts about the person, an obstacle he or she overcame and what impact he or she had made for mankind.
Biscuit had a book from the library to use as his source. For the obstacle, he found a part in the book about how some people discounted Einstein's science because he was Jewish. They called his work "Jewish physics." Their comments urged him to look deeper into his Jewish roots, and he used his faith as a tool of encouragement.
I had never heard that about Einstein before, so I thought it was very interesting.
His teacher said she hadn't heard that before, either, so I was glad his report had an unusual piece of information in it.
Biscuit and I went to the grocery store to pick out Einstein. We looked at the white potatoes, but they were all too long and skinny. I suggested we look at the sweet potatoes. And sure enough, we found one that was rounder than any of the white potatoes.
Then I took Biscuit to the craft store and told him to look around for something that would make good hair and a mustache. We picked up some googly eyes, and I got some U-shaped pins from the sewing department that would make it easy to attach the white fuzzy garland Biscuit picked to make his hair and mustache.
I went online and found a man's suit that looked like it was from Einstein's era and printed it out for him.
I showed him how to attach the hair and mustache, and he took it from there.
Here's Mr. Sweet Potato Head Einstein:
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