I almost forgot today is Saturday! LOL! Thanks for reminding me, I was about to set everything up for lessons today. We will just have to make today a cleaning day. The house is long overdue for a good scrub down.
It's good to meet a fellow homeschooling family. My kids usually get a bit burned out with school once the weather starts to warm up. They just want to be outside playing. So, I try and incorperate as much "fun stuff" as I can to keep them interested. I have a set curriculum but it uses a weekly schedule instead of a daily schedule. The nice thing about this is the room available for extra-curricular lessons and activities. Take yesterday for example. Instead of having a sit-down math lesson; we had math for breakfast. With five people in our house a simple waffle recipe must, at least, be doubled. This lead to an object lesson in multiplying fractions. Another lesson the kids have been enjoying, at my expense, is data recording and analyzing. How many times does Mom sneeze on a daily basis vs. how many times does Mom sneeze when she remembers her allergy medicine. LOL! I did not start this lesson or encourage it. Thanks, kids. When this hatch-a-long came up I saw an opportunity for another lesson. Alongside the "Incubator Wars" competition there are several other lessons involved. The old saying of "don't count your chickens before they hatch" is the basis for a short study in probability and what factors affect it. Learning is everywhere. If my kids continue learning and growing well beyond their school years then all this investment will be worth it.
They have wanted to join the local 4H and raise a couple cows and goats. I told them that to get involved there would need a prerequisit study in fence building. They weren't to happy about that, but a little determination should carry them a long way. Fence Building 101 will most likely start up this summer, and end when the fence is finished.
Chores don't go over very well at our house either. Alongside brushing teeth is getting dressed. Although, I may have my next lesson. Where does all the dirty laundry come from when the kids almost never change out of their pajamas? LOL!