Fresco Paintings in the Ajanta Caves

A couple of days ago we had a history lesson about Monks in India who lived in the Ajanta Caves. The monks made Fresco Paintings that were discovered AFTER the monks stopped living in the caves. These paintings are now a tourist attraction and people visit and somtimes touch the paintings. The paintings are tough and have lasted many years even with all of the visitors.

Our project: We made pictures of our own and hung them on the wall in the hallway. Every time we walk by them we are supposed to touch them. We are going to observe how long our paper pictures will last from all of the touching... will they last 1500 years like the Fresco Paintings??? (It's been 48 hours and they are still up- very crinkled, but they are still hanging.)

Here are some pics of when we first hung them:

Also, yesterday I took a pic of each of the kids doing their school work. I am VERY excited about Ethan's cursive writing. He had a weird backward slant to his printing that we've been keeping an eye on but somehow his cursive is beautiful and slanted forward the way it should be. :)