Madame Mullin's Wax Museum

Last Friday, Elk Meadow Elementary 4th grade became a wax museum. The kids were required to read a book about a real person, write a report and then come to school dressed as that character with a poster describing who they read about and what they are known for. Regan choose to do Clara Barton. I had never heard of her, but Regan had read about her in a Magic Tree House book. It ends up that Clara Barton was a nurse during the Civil War and started the American Red Cross. Huh.

The kids were in the gym and parents were invited to come and see. They had to pick a pose that they thought represented this person and pretend to be a wax figure. That meant no talking, even if an adult spoke to them. Regan found this rather difficult.

Here is Regan in her costume and her "pose".

Regan found it particularly difficult to be quiet, because the teacher put Regan and her best friend Karli next to one another. We had two giggling statues.

Only the 3rd graders were allowed to come see the wax museum, but since I was checking the kids out right after to leave for Moab, I went and got Hali early so that she could come see Regan.
I was actually quite proud of Regan for picking Clara Barton even though I was skeptical about finding any information about her. She was the only girl doing Clara Barton. All the other girls were Amelia Earhart, Pocahontas, and Helen Keller, so Regan really stood out. It was really cute to see what people came up with. Some parents get really elaborate with the posters!