Resources:
Ancient Olympic Games (Olympics)
Freeze Frame: A Photographic History of the Winter Olympics
Olympics!
Yesterday started out late after a late night of watching the Olympics. We had fun as a family watching the games. But we paid for in the morning, tired and lacking directions. That was completely my fault for not getting up and setting the tone for the day. But hey homeschooling is about whole family learning.
We are slowing getting dug out around here but there is still a lot to do on the sideroads.
Workbox | Wednesday |
1 | Ancient Olympics |
2 | Sort Library Books |
3 | Life Skills-Smells |
4 | Handwriting |
5 | Make Birdfeed |
6 | Winter Olympics |
7 | Jump Around |
8 | Art |
9 | Winter Walk |
10 | FIAR-Owl Moon Scripture |
11 | Birdfeeding |
12 | Co-Op Homework-Review-Water Cycle |
Yesterday started out late after a late night of watching the Olympics. We had fun as a family watching the games. But we paid for in the morning, tired and lacking directions. That was completely my fault for not getting up and setting the tone for the day. But hey homeschooling is about whole family learning.
Also as we were suiting up for our nature walk it started to snow. Ironhide is so over snow at this point. Personally I am running out of snow related fun things to do in the lesson plans. We still have Texas roots which like to get out and run this time of year. I have fought the expensive of going to one of those inside playscapes but if it snows again tomorrow, it cannot be avoided. The young man needs to run.
Workbox | Monday |
1 | Magic School Bus Re Aloud-Cells |
2 | Listen and Learn-Positional Words |
3 | Read Aloud –Why President's Day |
4 | BrainPopJr. – Abraham Lincoln Movie |
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6 | FIAR-Owl Moon Social Studies-Family |
7 | Jump Around |
8 | FIAR-Owl Moon Science-Owl Games |
9 | Co-Op Homework-Review-Water Cycle |
10 | FIAR-Owl Moon Dramatization of Book |
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12 |
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The day started with blizzard winds and more snow. Ironhide has had enough snow. He wants to go play. Today is too cold for outside play so I tried to keep up the physical activity level. So after a nice warm breakfast and a few chores we proceeded to learn.
Workbox | Wednesday |
1 | Drumming Practice |
2 | Handwriting lowercase |
3 | Painting Birdhouse for Winter |
4 | Wii Golf -10 minutes |
5 | Draw and Write Race Cars |
6 | FIAR-Science Owl Craft |
7 | Jump Around |
8 | Bible Work |
9 | Detailed Scavenger Hunt |
10 | Workbook-HOP |
11 | Co-Op Homework-Review |
12 | Knot Tying |
First we have been studying the weather as part of our homeschool academic co-op. We have learned how to make our own barometers and thermometer.
We have learned what barometric pressure means and what it indicates. We have study clouds conditions and have been studying snow for the past week.
Library Stash
This week Doug again indicated we would be in for possibly recorded breaking snow and winds. This time it was different, he was urging people to prepare for three to five days of being stuck at home. He even put an emergency response information guide on the website and urged people to print it out in case they lost power. Ok, no power means no heat. This was going to be epic.
That put me into overdrive so I put together the menu plan, got all the meds, raided the library again and grocery store. Friday morning dawn and I had forgotten my Costco run. The snow was scheduled to start at 10am and Costco doesn't open until 10am! YIKES! So we headed to Costco around 8am to wait outside because we knew there would be a line. I knew this was serious because Costco opened at 8AM. We were in and out in less than 20 minutes. With the car loaded with previsions and the gas tank full we headed home. The snow started to fall as we pulled into the driveway at 9:30AM.
And it didn't stop snowing for almost 30 hours……..
To Be Continued
