Next Week in Homeschooling

Our Unit Studies are Fire Safety (FS) and Healthy Eating (HE).

Monday-
FS- How long does a candle burn... how hot does fire get? Working with
temperatures
and measurements.
HE- Measuring food serving sizes. Counting carbs, fat, protein, sodium, and
measuring cups/ Tablespoon teaspoon conversions.

Tuesday-
FS- Making a homemade fire extinguisher!
HE- What is a carbohydrate? What is
diabetes? And what is the food pyramid. We'll also build our own food
pyramid for each person.

Wednesday-
FS- We'll read about fire safety and practice a fire drill.
HE- We'll read more
baout diabetes, and I printed off a story about Vegetarian diets. We'll
read it and discuss
it.

Thursday-
FS- The Chicago Fire! I found a website about it. We'll also look at
different fire
trucks throughout history and the history of fire as a tool.
HE- We'll study the history of the food timeline.

Friday-
FS- We'll make a diagram of a fire station and what needs to be in it and
one of a
fire truck (still looking for a website)
HE- We might do this one on Monday... We'll go
through a store discussing healthy foods and reading labels for the foods
we buy.

Saturday-
FS- Not sure what we are going to do... But I thought of making a sign for
RACE
(Rescue, Alert, Confine, and extinguish) and PASS (Pull the pin, Aim,
Spray, Spread)
HE- We'll make a healthy dish and dessert to share. We'll even make REAL
butter!

Sunday- The Fast of Ramadan. What is a fast. Why do people fast, etc.

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Dotchi
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I'm not talking to myself, I'm having a parent-teacher conference.

Healthy foods unti study

This week we are exploring Healthy eating and Nutrition through a unit
study. Instead of just doing the food pyramid, we are going to study it to
see if it is the healthiest thing for each person and how we would feel if
we really ate that way.

I printed out an activity for the boys that gives ideas for eating
healthy, explains eating healthy and gives ideas for activities. I also
found a site for healthy recipes for kids with diabetes!
http://ww2.lifescan.com/club/recipes/index.html so We'll be studying
diabetes as well.

Now I need to get in the swing of things with Math-U-See, reading lessons
and spelling (which aren't going to badly)

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Dotchi
http://dotchi.blogspot.com Still blogging along!
I'm not talking to myself, I'm having a parent-teacher conference.

Maybe it is the rain

But I am kind of bla today. I slept good last night but I woke up with a
hideous back ache from sleeping funny. Today we are going to work on the
house again and get teh truck to the shop AGAIN. Dh thinks it is the
U-joint again. Which means I won't be going to work b/c it is WAY too much
for me to drive the van there. I am still waiting to see how much I am
going to make for my paycheck. Probably not much. I dread it. We restarted
the Majical Money Jar! It doesn't have a lot in it, but it will still work.

I am working very hard on being frugal again and watching my pennies. I am
trying to get into a routine, which would be easier if I didn't work, but
I know I can do it with practice.

I am off to eat something for breakfast.

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Dotchi
http://dotchi.blogspot.com Still blogging along!
I'm not talking to myself, I'm having a parent-teacher conference.

$3 in the jar!

I have successfully added $3 to the jar towards quitting smoking. :)
WOOHOO!

We are back from Florida and I will post some tonight and figure out the
picture posting.

I am very proud of myself. We've done our House conquer Zone for today:
Outside the house and entry way. Next we'll get to the livingroom. I've
done all my sticky notes too! Woohoo! Way to go ME!

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Dotchi

In GA below Macon. On

In GA below Macon. On our way home. Stopped 4 lunch & museum tour.