Cindy's Life as She Knows It

This Monday didn't start off perfectly, but we made the best of it.  I forgot I had a 9am meeting to get my taxes done.  We made our green eggs and "ham" (a green pancake because Koda doesn't eat ham) and some green milk and then did a little carschooling, watching our Cat in the Hat video en route to the tax office.  I took some of the coloring that we were going to do and a Horton Hears A Who Dot to Dot and Word Search, all of which kept him busy during the actual meeting.  We read some of our Dr. Seuss books in the waiting area.  No time "wasted" and I didn't have to play catch up when I got back home.  Back at home we stayed on track, finishing our Seuss work, reading our Scholastic News (working on headlines and captions), doing the related crossword puzzle and practicing our Three Billy Goats Gruff play.  After lunch is always more of a challenge because I get involved in other projects and I find it hard to pull myself back to focus on his work. 

     Homeschool planning isn't always fun, but each year, as we celebrate the birthday of Dr. Seuss, my creative juices start flowing and I find myself looking for ways to make this year's Seuss Week the best one ever.  Thanks to http://www.edhelper.com/ , I have book units with cloze activities and word games ready and some easy writing prompts that won't overwhelm my kindergarten age son and will fulfill my language arts needs.  To start the fun, we will go into the kitchen and follow our recipe for green eggs and ham.  The chef, of course, will be Dakota.  Next we will snuggle on the couch to read the book and a few others by Dr. Seuss and then color and cut out our bulletin board figure of Theo LeSieg (the man behind the moniker).  Next we will make a two dimensional paper Cat in the Hat red and white striped top hat and write the titles of our favorite Seuss stories on the colored strips.Art accomplished and a little more writing practice thrown in with that activity.