| I have two children which even though are similar in | | | | invaded our lives. Then I began researching and I was |
| age, are completely different when it comes to their | | | | faced up to a great difficulty. There were way too |
| areas of interest. My daughter who is in her teens is | | | | many sources to sift through. There are pictures of |
| interested in fashion, guys, and dates. But her primary | | | | dinosaurs suitable for classes, others in clip art and |
| hobby is talking on the phone; she is doing it all the | | | | there were also such pictures including a multitude of |
| time. My son is ten years old and all he cares about | | | | facts - some showing fun facts, others deep analysis |
| are toys and things that crawl, smell and make funny | | | | of the life and demise of dinosaurs. |
| noises. Not to mention that his favourite activity is | | | | When I went through the information with my son |
| trying to make my daughter's life a living hell. | | | | he was eager to include it all in his project, though |
| This is why I got very surprised when one day both | | | | the information was far too much. However, on the |
| of them said they wanted to make a class project | | | | contrary, my daughter disliked all the pictures and |
| with pictures of dinosaurs. I could have expected | | | | wanted to use the first one she saw, even though |
| such an idea popping up in my son's head, but I was | | | | she thought it was stupid, because she just wanted |
| surprised that my daughter's art class was | | | | to have her project done. Then we tried searching |
| concentrating on dinosaurs. My son found the idea of | | | | for pictures in the arts area and we found some |
| working together with his sister trying to discover | | | | which were breathtaking. |
| pictures of dinosaurs brilliant, but she didn't even | | | | Many artists have managed to capture the beauty of |
| want to hear about it. She highly disliked this project | | | | the dinosaurs, as well as the magic of their |
| and she had no intention of making things worse by | | | | surroundings. We even came across pictures in water |
| doing research about dinosaurs with her younger | | | | colors and in oils. My daughter especially liked the |
| brother. | | | | pictures of life size sculptures of dinosaurs. Working |
| I thought it would be funny and easy to help my | | | | with me, both my children were able to make |
| children with their projects. After all, how hard could | | | | wonderful school projects. What's most amazing is |
| it be to find some pictures of dinosaurs? The interest | | | | how different each project was, though they shared |
| in them has been huge since the motion pictures | | | | the same topic. |