Time to track the big guy!
This is a great geography lesson!
You could also use it for a lesson on time zones!
This is a great geography lesson!
You could also use it for a lesson on time zones!
The trials and errors of a home educating family finding our own way and getting saner by the day!
Showing posts with label odd event. Show all posts
Showing posts with label odd event. Show all posts
Dec 24, 2008
Dec 17, 2008
Wright Brothers Day
"Orville and Wilbur Wright made the first manned, powered flight on December 17, 1903. Orville experienced the thrill of flight when he felt the first lift of the wing of the small wood and canvas aircraft that would travel 120 feet in 12 seconds. The brothers' passion and spirit of discovery helped define our Nation and paved the way for future generations of innovators to launch satellites, orbit the Earth, and travel to the Moon and back." (found here)
Here are some free resources to educate while we celebrate this great set of siblings! There is something for every age and grade level on this list.
~~~~~~~~~~~Afternoon update -
We decided to take a trip to one of our local libraries and find out some info on Wilbur and Orville, as KM did not know much more than their names and that they had built airplanes (gotta love PS!).
She used the computer catalog to find out where to look - another new found skill, as she never learned how at PS - we found some very interesting books for her and SC.
Wee and the Wright Brothers and To Fly! were the favorites of the day!
We then went home for some lunch and to watch the Magic School Bus Taking Flight!
The kids played with some Scooby-Doo gliders we had stashed away.
and went to this site and printed out a bunch of airplanes to see which was the best of the bunch! KM's favorite was the Raptor and SC just really liked chasing after them!
I must say we had a rather plane day!
~~that was really bad!~~
We decided to take a trip to one of our local libraries and find out some info on Wilbur and Orville, as KM did not know much more than their names and that they had built airplanes (gotta love PS!).
She used the computer catalog to find out where to look - another new found skill, as she never learned how at PS - we found some very interesting books for her and SC.
Wee and the Wright Brothers and To Fly! were the favorites of the day!We then went home for some lunch and to watch the Magic School Bus Taking Flight!
The kids played with some Scooby-Doo gliders we had stashed away.
and went to this site and printed out a bunch of airplanes to see which was the best of the bunch! KM's favorite was the Raptor and SC just really liked chasing after them!I must say we had a rather plane day!
~~that was really bad!~~
Dec 10, 2008
Human Rights Day
"Human Rights Day is celebrated annually across the world on 10 December.
The date was chosen to honour the United Nations General Assembly's adoption and proclamation, on 10 December 1948, of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), the first global enunciation of human rights. The commemoration was established in 1950, when the General Assembly invited all states and interested organizations to celebrate the day as they saw fit." (found here)
We discuss these things all the time, but when I saw this holiday and started researching it a bit I came across this great free resource for starting Human Rights Education.
~~~~Evening Update ~~~~~
As someone commented it is a bit disheartening that we have to set aside a specific day to be reminded to treat people humanely. However we used the day more to look at the world and see where things could be different, to think about how justice could be brought to certain people and or areas, and how things have changed over the last hundred or so years. We also discussed what we thought would be the biggest changes in this area over the next decade or so. You could think of it more of a day to be hopeful for the future, that good will prevail and wish peace to come to all!
As someone commented it is a bit disheartening that we have to set aside a specific day to be reminded to treat people humanely. However we used the day more to look at the world and see where things could be different, to think about how justice could be brought to certain people and or areas, and how things have changed over the last hundred or so years. We also discussed what we thought would be the biggest changes in this area over the next decade or so. You could think of it more of a day to be hopeful for the future, that good will prevail and wish peace to come to all!
Dec 4, 2008
National Dice Day Part 2
We had a great Dice Day - we started by making our own dice out of ...
Recycled Juice Cartons.
Then we made a game board throughout the house.
SC had a blast throwing the dice all around.
We also spent some time playing some oldies but goodies like Yahtzee, Pig and LCR!Hope you had a great Dice Day too!
National Dice Day
This is a great one and we have lots of games planned. Here is a wonderful list of dice games on Wikipedia. I will let you know which ones we play and if we come up with any of our own!Nov 26, 2008
National Cake Day 11-26
While Googling images for this post...these were the 2 I liked the best...
I always wondered what the smurf cake was made of!
We will be getting ready for Thanksgiving tomorrow, by making several different cakes and breads...came at a perfect time!
~~~~updated at 9pm on 11/26 ~~~~~~I had high hopes that I would get some sort of cake baked today, but it just did not happen! I did cook, bake and prep all day though...that should count for something. I will make sure that for the next odd holiday we get something done!!! Thanks for stopping by and Happy Thanksgiving!
~~~~updated at 9pm on 11/26 ~~~~~~I had high hopes that I would get some sort of cake baked today, but it just did not happen! I did cook, bake and prep all day though...that should count for something. I will make sure that for the next odd holiday we get something done!!! Thanks for stopping by and Happy Thanksgiving!
Nov 21, 2008
World Hello Day - 11-21
Since today is World Hello Day, I thought I would say Hi and thanks to all of you who have been visiting lately and leaving comments, adding on links and emailing me with answers!!!!We will be learning how to say hello in 25 different languages today! I will let you know how this turns out! Here is a link to the Wikihow site we will be using!
Nov 20, 2008
Hmmmm...New Idea!
As I was meandering around the internet earlier today looking for some sort of craft to do this weekend, I somehow ended up on this site - I cannot believe how many strange and silly "holidays" there are! So I have decided that I will try to acknowledge one silly holiday a week - some way or another and will share them here!
I am hoping it will work like this. On the morning of said day - which ever day it is that week - I will post the days holiday and what we planned to do for it. Then, later in the day, I will post how it went and if things went as planned.
Tomorrow will be the trial run to see how it goes!
I am hoping it will work like this. On the morning of said day - which ever day it is that week - I will post the days holiday and what we planned to do for it. Then, later in the day, I will post how it went and if things went as planned.
Tomorrow will be the trial run to see how it goes!
Nov 11, 2008
Happy Veterans Day!
Thank you to all the men and women who are and have served for our country! We are very proud of all our family members who are veterans! We will never forget the sacrifices that you have made for us!
Apr 1, 2008
HAPPY APRIL FOOL'S DAY!!!
I have never been really big on April Fool's Day jokes but this was going around all over our local lists and I got my brother GOOD!!! DD almost kept him home from PS to go see it!!!
Sorry PR! I thought for sure you would have seen right through it!
Have a favorite April Fool's Day Prank...share it in a comment!
If anyone hears if anything actually went on down there today let me know, if it wasn't so yucky out I may have taken the drive just to see how many people showed.
Feb 16, 2008
Total Lunar Eclipse on 2-20
This is an unbelievable rare event that it is happening this early in the evening so that even the youngest won't be staying up "TOO" late to see it!
Make a point to check it out it is an incredible site.
Here is a link to help explain it:
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2008/13feb_lunareclipse.htm
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