An Ode To Doctor Who, Snow and Spring

Seriously we are done with snow.
 

A Little Fun with March Madness Unit Study and Star Wars

We are using the enthusiasm of NCAA tournament as a unit study to explore healthy debate habits, math concepts (decimals, probability, statistics, percentages, mean, median, mode and averages, writing algebraic expressions) and geography(history, geography and culture of a state, city or region).   Using inspiration and concepts from the following resources:

Selena @ Look We Are Learning has nice worksheets for young children.
Byrdseed : Academic March Madness
The Compass: March Madness Lesson Plans

Some families are even using brackets to learn the Presidents. (Washington vs Jackson).

While searching for ways to make this interesting and fun I have found that Lucasfilm released a Stars Star Wars March Madness bracket pitting the Light Side of the Force against the Dark Side. The March Madness competition being played out in the bracket will be held online, where fans can vote on who should win each day’s face-off. I know most of us have had our fill of Star Wars, but this is proving to be an interesting and engaging discussion. The whole mythology of Star Wars lends itself to great character character analysis.  Plus it is just fun. 
 analysis. Plus it is just fun. ;-)

Blessings,

The Learning Power of Lego

Via: Online College Advice

Lego Quest- 2 Brick Challenge

We completed our first Lego Quest Challenge. It was fun for the whole family.

Lego Fun: Lego Quest

Can not wait until September and the fun starts!

How do you know they are learning Geography?

How do you know they are learning Geography?

It was bedtime after a long day of “forced” schooling here at the sandbox.

“Hey Mom, who are Lego’s Indiana Jones neighbors?”

Confused but I will take the bait…”I don’t know son who?”
“Illinois Jones and Ohio Jones”
He did it without the map…he got it!!!!!

Getting back into the swim of things....

It has been a long character building nine months. We have experienced a lot and learned a lot about life and ourselves. As a family we are figuring out a new normal and can get back to the basics in life like a regular school schedule which will include blogging.

Thank you for your prayers and support. Blessings...