Iditarod and stuff
The Iditarod began yesterday. And GB and I have been more into the race this year than we even were last year. Probably because we know more about it than we used to.
This morning I needed some time to myself to get some household stuff done. I had to cut and wash the dog’s hair (HUGE chore) and do bunches of laundry and floor stuff. So I made today be a “Grab bag Monday.” GB always enjoys this concept. I just put a bunch of activities on pieces of paper and he pulls one out and does it. I had different colors to signify ‘before lunch’ and ‘after lunch.’
Before lunch, this is what he was able to do:
- Gather his laundry for me to wash
- Play Ghost Blasters for 20 minutes, working on multiples of 6
- Feed the skink, the toads, and the hamster, and make sure everybody has water
- Give the dog a hug and a biscuit
- Do one History lesson
- fill up the bird feeders
- Play spelling bee with this week’s words
- Nature ~ Go out in the yard and look for:
- new buds on tree branches
- evidence of new grass growth
- three different birds that you can identify yourself
After lunch he:
- Worked on Journey North worksheets (it’s time to start noticing the patterns of the mystery classes.
- Take quiz in History
- Do one Language Arts lesson
- For the Iditarod, play the Kid’s Polar Challenge
- Research Alaskan Malamutes
- Find out the weather at the next checkpoint (Rainy Pass) and post to Jeff King to warn him. (GB took this to heart and also researched the geography of the checkpoint, finding out that it is one of the most dangerous passages on the whole route. So he warned about that, too.
) - Check musher standings for everybody’s musher in our family. Mark the musher tracking sheet, and mark the map. So far, everybody’s musher is doing great except mine. I picked Anne Capistrant, because she’s a homeschooling mom. But if I was a homeschooling mom- Hey! I am a homeschooling mom! - I’d go at my own pace and just be happy to finish, and then glow in the accomplishment. But that’s me………
- Make a marshmallow igloo
And because he’s a little boy, and it was too irresistible, he had to get some teeny, tiny figures for the igloo………. And THEN they had to be eaten by the terrible T-Rex!
He thought this was TERRIBLY funny, and wanted to know, “Is it gonna be on the blog?”
Um, ……. of course!
The igloo is so cute (and super cool!). T-Rex was a great addition!
Comment by Rachel — March 3, 2008 @ 7:31 pm
Wow! You do SO much with your day!!! And, this was a day you had to get other things done??? Wow!
I love the igloo, too - and who knew the T-Rex would be lingering around…
Also, when do you plan a day like this? It looks like a LOT of work!
Comment by Dana — March 3, 2008 @ 10:23 pm
How cool!
Comment by
tribeofautodidacts — March 4, 2008 @ 7:53 am
Robin you always have such cool things going on! Please send me some of your creativity. We are in a rut! LOL I can’t wait to show the kids the ghost blaster game…we need to master those multiplication skills.
Gerky
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Comment by Gerky — March 4, 2008 @ 8:47 am
We have been following the race too. It is extra fun this year with the GPS tracking of a few - including our favorite - mushers.
Comment by denise — March 4, 2008 @ 12:35 pm
I love TRex! Isn’t it funny how often we think “I have to take a picture of this for the blog” once we start keeping one?
Comment by
learningumbrella — March 4, 2008 @ 7:38 pm