Going With the Flow
Today was a record cold day here in Maryland and while some schools closed in the northern and southern part of the state, the ones near us all opened and some of them opened two hours late, which was the case for the little girl I take to school on Mondays and Tuesdays. Why two hours late? I don't get it. It didn't get any warmer. It was 3 degrees at 8:30 and 6 degrees at 10:30 when she had to leave. Thankfully my older son was home to watch my granddaughters and younger son so I didn't have to take them out.
Since we had another child here this morning, I allowed Dakota to watch a movie with her and then they played Disney Infinity. After she left, Dakota got dressed, made his bed and got his spelling done. I was hoping for more, but somehow we never got it together and I was making lunch. My sons decided to play a video game together so we didn't even get back to work until 1:30. We snuggled up in the chair under a blanket and read together. We read a kids biography book on George Washington Carver and did a cloze activity using a clipboard. We read two chapters in our Story of the World book about Roman Gods and Roman roads and then read a book called You Wouldn't Want to be a Roman Soldier that poked fun at the life of the soldier while informing us all about them. I then got the computer and we talked about aquaducts and what they are used for and how they are different than viaducts, then I asked Dakota to go in to one of his Mine Craft towns and create an aquaduct to bring water to the town. He loved this assignment and ended up doing a very nice job.
So no Science or Language Arts. Didn't read Narnia. Didn't even get to math, but we covered Social Studies, Reading, Technology and History. Not bad for a very short, unstructured day and we were both feeling relaxed and content at the end of our day.
Since we had another child here this morning, I allowed Dakota to watch a movie with her and then they played Disney Infinity. After she left, Dakota got dressed, made his bed and got his spelling done. I was hoping for more, but somehow we never got it together and I was making lunch. My sons decided to play a video game together so we didn't even get back to work until 1:30. We snuggled up in the chair under a blanket and read together. We read a kids biography book on George Washington Carver and did a cloze activity using a clipboard. We read two chapters in our Story of the World book about Roman Gods and Roman roads and then read a book called You Wouldn't Want to be a Roman Soldier that poked fun at the life of the soldier while informing us all about them. I then got the computer and we talked about aquaducts and what they are used for and how they are different than viaducts, then I asked Dakota to go in to one of his Mine Craft towns and create an aquaduct to bring water to the town. He loved this assignment and ended up doing a very nice job.
So no Science or Language Arts. Didn't read Narnia. Didn't even get to math, but we covered Social Studies, Reading, Technology and History. Not bad for a very short, unstructured day and we were both feeling relaxed and content at the end of our day.
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