The LIVING Wax Museum

When people travel to New York City it is not uncommon for them to go to Madame Tousso's Wax Museum; however, do those wax images come alive?! Well, Mustard Seed just happens to have a LIVING Wax Museum on Notable Americans once a year and it just happens to be this week! 

All the second graders work on this project for weeks and weeks and weeks. They choose one notable American to research and become. Through the process they not only learn about their own notable American, but everyone else's as well. They make their own costumes, create puppets, record a speech, and write a book by the end of the project. The living wax museum takes place in the community room. There are places all around the room with their "name" which they stand lifeless in front of or behind until their voice comes on (its a recorded speech), at that time they COME TO LIFE! It is an incredible project that gives a voice to all the students and is an amazing experience to be a part of. The students pick incredible people that mean something to them for some particular reason-it says a lot about each individual student and what is important to them. I almost cried after I watched it this morning for the first time because two students in particular were amazing (I work with them in the Resource Room) and I was so proud of them. 

TGIF.