From the looks of posts on Weird, Unsocialized Homeschoolers' blog there are LOTS of people's weeks being upended by snow disruptions. I can commiserate. Last year Old Man Winter had the Mid-Atlantic is his sights. Our PS kids lost so much schooltime, there weren't even enough "make-up" days at the end of the year to right the balance. Adjustments even had to be made for graduation requirements.
Last year. Not to be repeated, we hope. |
At first, our homeschool's plan was to give a "snow day" when the PS closed. But after a couple of times of that, we adjusted to having half-days. This seemed fair since we can get done in about half the time of a PS kid's regular day, so Mei would be able to keep up with her studies and still be free to play with the neighbors who were sleeping in most days anyway!
I think the Ambleside Online team even posted on their Yahoo Group site how to share AO with those PS families whose kids were getting woefully behind.
I also feel sorry for the PS families who just don't know what to do with their kids!
"My kids are driving me crazy!" "My kids are bored!"
"I'm tired of making cookies!"
What a shame. When I read these things, I'm thankful that MY "blessing" is NOT bored, and that she does NOT drive me crazy--at least by being home anyway! :-D Snow Days: Another Reason to Homeschool.
We had a "Surprise Snow"last week that caused a lot of chaos in the area, especially where the Grand-Robins live. Hundreds of thousands of outages and commuters stuck on DC roads for many, many hours, our fledged DD included. So once again, keeping to our routines as best as possible allowed school to continue in the midst of it. Yet we were able to flex and assist family members as well.
This week's weather promised chaos and then didn't deliver, which can be chaotic anyway. Thus despite the weather's best attempts to disrupt our educational routines, we marched onward.
This week's weather promised chaos and then didn't deliver, which can be chaotic anyway. Thus despite the weather's best attempts to disrupt our educational routines, we marched onward.
Enchanted Learning.com provided us with some quick color-and-fill-in-the-blank maps of Virginia to add to Mei's knowledge of the geography of the area. I've been sneaking in more Geography that way.
Music Concluding the week was a field trip to the Meyerhoff to hear the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra's BSO Kids Mid-Week concert performance of works by Beethoven narrated by the great composer himself! Where else are we going to hear concert hall performances for $6??
She liked this because it had a dog in it. |
We found a Rafael! |
Anthing can make a jump, but watch your step in the Livng Room! |
So how do you deal with bad weather?