Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Bonjour Ami!

Bonjour from Paris, France! Today we visited the Eiffel Tower, the most famous landmark in France. The Eiffel Tower was completed in 1889 by an architect named Gustave Eiffel. It was originally built for an exhibition as part of a celebration of the 100th anniversary of the French Revolution. The Eiffel Tower stands over 900 ft tall! Did you know that you can eat and shop in the Eiffel Tower? We became architects today and built mini Eiffel Towers out of toothpicks. We also looked at more of Claude Monet's artwork and painted a scene of our favorite season. We had a blast in France. Next week we are staying in the classroom to learn about bats. WHo knows maybe our next trip will be to a bat cave? See you next week!
Ton ami(your friend),
Mrs. Skipper

2 comments:

Unknown said...

Dear Mrs. Skipper
I love all the work you are doing with the kids, Ishaan really enjoys coming to gifted every week
My husband and I were in Paris and other parts of France two weeks ago. Can we provide any pictures or any other information that would be helpful?
Mona

Mrs. Lauren Skipper said...

Mona,
The kids would love to see them! Ishaan told us you had visited France. Thank you!