Day 2

Today was another hectic day but I still feel like we accomplished a lot of quality work. Viv's bus was late AGAIN and Ian had his meet and greet and we had to go to the grocery store, so needless to say we had a lot of interruptions. Still we were able to get through 2 chapters of the Book of Mormon, we started reading Stuart Little, Will completed 2 math lessons and some typing lessons, we read about and researched the Revolutionary War, baked cookies and worked out of the closet. Not to mention his free reading time and that I made him add up all the prices of our grocery items as we shopped! Will still needs to do his chores for the day (clean the downstairs bathroom and get stuff out for packing for our trip tomorrow) and write in his journal but I will call that "homework".
I was really pleased with his work on the Revolutionary War. I did a "Mom Share" on how to look up topics (i.e. table of contents, indexes, etc.) and then asked Will what did he want to know about the war. I was surprised at what he expressed. He wanted to know why it all started, where battles were, more about Minutemen and the Boston Tea Party. Today we read in books and looked on the Internet and took notes on the stuff we found. We also discussed how the war effected families and how Dennis is in the military and how he might have to protect our country some day. This made Will sad, but we talked about how the families of the time felt the same way and that if Dennis had to go we would have to pray a lot and it would be sad. I think it is good to have that connection and build an emotional tie as we learn about it rather than just think about facts and figures. I think it is important to learn the affects of war, the reasons for war and other options so that our future generations can find other ways to solve problems. I felt good about our work today.
I am so excited for our trip. We might run into Hurricane Earl, but I guess if that happens we'll use it as an opportunity to learn about hurricanes!!! Wish us luck, I will post as I can!