TJ Allison is 6 years old. His blog will post the musings, pictures, art work, and observations of a 6 year old attending the historic inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th president of the United States. Each day, TJ will type an entry in his blog using "brave spelling". Following TJ's entry, his Mom, Vickie Ideta Allison will try to capture his unfiltered commentary of the day's events. Thanks for reading!

Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Why Is TJ Blogging?

TJ Allison is 6 years old and is a Kindergarten student in Santa Barbara, California. Since TJ will be unable to attend classes while he is at the presidential inauguration in Washington, DC; his Kindergarten teacher, Ms. Michelle Limb has approved TJ's blogging as his independent study assignment. Public schools receive state and federal funds for each day a child is in attendance. We have applied for and received approval for this independent study to support TJ's classroom learning and to ensure that his school receives funds while TJ is "learning" in Washington.

In TJ's blog you will notice that each day, he will fulfill a math requirement. TJ's class is working on numbers from 1-10. He will also type the first section of his blog using "brave spelling." "Brave spellers" use phoenetics to sound out words. In the entry following, TJ's Mom, Vickie Ideta Allison, will try to capture TJ's unfiltered comments and observations. Photographs posted to the blog will be taken by TJ unless noted. All comments on the blog will be TJ's, unless noted.

TJ has named his blog, "TJ Allison's BIG Blog" and he has selected the design of his blog. Thank you for reading!

This posting was written by Vickie Ideta Allison.

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