Tristan's 4th place Pinewood derby trophy arrived today. He was very surprised and happy. It's like a dream come true to him...oh to be 9 years old with simple dreams. The look on his face when he opened the box was priceless.
We had Girl Scouts for Hayley this morning and I had done the unthinkable. We were to bake something for a bake sale.... and...I....FORGOT! We had to bake cookies at 8:00 this morning and then will them to come out well and cool down fast! They did and we made it to girl scouts in time with cookies. Phew. Must make sure not to forget next time we have to bake something for a kid activity. It made for a stressful morning.
I didn't go in to girl scouts but ran some errands nearby instead while Hayley attended the meeting. I guess the girls made some candy to sell and also worked on a troop song. When we got home Hayley presented me with two new patches to iron onto her scout vest. She loves earning patches and it's nice that the leaders this year encourage them to work on any they want to at home. There was a different leader last year and although she was a lovely lady she didn't give a lot of feedback to parents and I was never quite sure if we were supposed to be working on anything at home. The current leadership is very good about keeping everyone informed. At home right now we're working on a space patch since we just went to the planetarium and also math wiz (my pick) and Humans and habitats which Hayley has chosen as part of working towards another sign(special patch).
Not much else today. I had been researching online to try and find more teaching company videos/DVD's at good prices and found two that we need at excellent prices. Algebra 1, I got the video tapes for $14! This will be good extra viewing for Trevor next year as he does MUS Algebra 1. Also I finally found the high school level US history for a good price. Great timing too as we have only a few weeks left with the world history tapes, we'll then go straight into the US history dvd's. We did have one splurge and actually bought "London- a short history" from TC themselves (on sale) and that arrived today. We can't wait to get into that. I hope to find their British Literature course next it seems as though if I check the various sale boards every week I eventually come across what I need at a price I can afford. I'm looking for sciences from TC too for the coming years. I need to find reviews on some of the sciences such as Astronomy and geology such as is evolution and the big bang an ever present theme or just one lecture that can be skipped. I wouldn't want to confuse the kids.
It's definitely warming up around here and we are seeing some melting with the snow. Soon it will be mud season!
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But behind the mud is the sun!!!!
Oh yes, Mud Season. Ugh... I can't wait for our roads to clear up, my yeard to clear up. Oh well...
I'd love to hear how you work the TC videos in to your school day. I think your kids are about the same age as mine. My oldest is 12-1/2 & the next is 8. I may have to check these out as they LOVE (especially my oldest) learning from vidoes/movies/TV etc. Favorite shows are found on History Channel, Science Channel, Discovery, well you get the idea. Thanks!
For the teaching company videos we use one lesson per subject a week, mainly just view and discuss. The math I am using as a supplement. The World history I'm using to bump up what we were already using to a high school level for Trevor. It didn't really "match up" always but we were also reading aloud ancient and world history books this year too. Mainly these are usborne, kingfisher or just whatever history books I picked up from the library.
I don't think the TC tapes have to be exactly what we're studying though they can stand alone so well too. We've enjoyed the basic math and the world history a lot this year.
Ah what a great photo of Tristan and his trophy!
LOL about mud season!
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