Friday, February 19, 2010

Snowschooling: Getting Back To Normal



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


Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Snowschooling Post Blizzards: President’s Day

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

5

Craft- Make Lincoln's Log Cabin

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

11

 

12


 

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Snowschooling : Blizzard II Day 2


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

Owl

Owl Enchanted Learning

7

Jump Around

8

Bible Work

9

Detailed Scavenger Hunt

10

Workbook-HOP

11

Co-Op Homework-Review

12

Knot Tying






Sunday, February 7, 2010

Snowschooling Part 1

Weatherman more aptly meteorologists are known for being wrong. So when the local weatherman indicated earlier this week that we would be in for a major snow storm most people just ignored it. We didn't for two reasons.

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.

Ice Sculpture

Secondly, since we have been here the local meteorologist Doug Hill has not steered me wrong when it comes to snow. During the fall he was batting zero with the rain but that all turned around in December with that first snow fall of six inches. Being new to the area and never having to deal with snow in Texas I over prepared. But it was a learning experience. Two weeks later when he predicated 12 inches of snow the week before Christmas I battened down the hatches, hit Costco, raided the library and settled in for our first blizzard. Doug was right we got 12 inches plus 10 more inches as a Christmas present. The city came to a standstill. So now I listen to Doug every day.

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