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| Wednesday, February 14, 2007 |
| Happy Valentine's Day |
Happy Valentine's Day everyone. We had a good day today (except for the three time-outs for lying and disobedience). I decided last weekend that I needed to allow some fun in my life and not just be all about business. You see, I have so much to get done that if I don't stay on target, I get behind and things really snowball. I am also a stickler about getting all of our school days in and finishing all of our curriculum completely. I have learned that if you have too many "fun" days, it doesn't get done at the rate we need it to. Nevertheless, we all had a "fun" day today and still got some education.
I downloaded some Valentine math for everyone. We wrote Valentine stories. The three girls read about the history of St. Valentine and what the story is behind the holiday. BTW, it's very interesting. If you don't know the story, here's the story we read( http://www.isabelperez.com/St%20ValentineStory.htm). It, of course, also had vocabulary, reading comprehension questions, etc. to go with it. We also did some fun Valentine puzzles. The little boys had Valentine papers to practice their letter "E's"(letter of the week) and to write their name on. They also had Valentine coloring sheets(which they painted).
After their Valentine work was done, we picnicked in the living room and watched H's new movie she got for Valentine's Day, "Love's Abiding Joy". It is the latest in the "Love Comes Softly" series by Janette Oke. The series is absolutely wonderful! Then we made Valentine cookie cutouts and decorated them with white and pink icing and plenty of sprinkles.
To top it off, it started snowing this afternoon before we went to gym. The kids thought that was so cool! At gym, we played a Valentine puzzle conditioning game. It was a great way to get our conditioning and strength training done, build teamwork, and have some fun. By the drive afterwards, the roads were getting slick. I slid several times on the way to pick H up from church and almost rear-ended someone at a stoplight. Now, the kids are all tucked in and D and I are going to try to spend a few moments together. It is Valentine's Day, right? :-)
Hope you had a good day too! If you are like me and are all about getting everything done, keeping everything organized, and staying on task, I really recommend having some fun- a little play therapy. It really helps. |
posted by 6blessings @ 7:41 PM  |
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Hey Kim,
I'm glad you had a fun Valentine's Day. You are so creative with the activities/lessons you chose. What a cool Mom you are!
We had a nice day too.
I am a big fan of the "Love Comes Softly" videos, I've seen all three but I'm an even bigger fan of the books by Jannette Oke. There are 8 of them and they are so good! I hope they continue to make movies from them.
Blessings,
Penny
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It is amazing all that you do! I have to admit that if I did homeschool I would go with the video teacher, tutor route. I am glad to know about the videos. If we get moved to an undesirable location in July I am definitely starting homeschool!
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Did you guys feel the earthquakes? I had no idea you had them there. They said you've had a couple in the last 4 days. Wow! Very small ones.
I love Janette Oke. She's one of my favs. That series is the first I read. I've only seen one of the movies though.
Glad you were able to have some fun.
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Very creative, Kim! It was probably a fun (but still educational) change of pace for the kids and you.
I like the Love Comes Softly movies. The first one is still my favorite, though. I don't think the actresses that followed got Missy's spunk quite right.
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What a neat idea Kim! I'll have to do that for Easter time. It would be a nice change of pace.
Lorrie
p.s. Glad you are doing better!
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Happy Valentine's day to you guys too - looks like you all had a good day.
I am amazed at all you do, your kids are so blessed to have a mom like you!
Glad to see things are a bit better on the home-front.
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I need to send you all of the teaching stuff I have in my word documents at home. I cant get you the stuff from my classroom since I am taking a couple years off, but I do have some stuff that might be helpful to you. When you get a chance, email me your email address and when I get home I will send you the stuff if you want. adascandlelight@yahoo.com
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Hey Kim,
I'm glad you had a fun Valentine's Day. You are so creative with the activities/lessons you chose. What a cool Mom you are!
We had a nice day too.
I am a big fan of the "Love Comes Softly" videos, I've seen all three but I'm an even bigger fan of the books by Jannette Oke. There are 8 of them and they are so good! I hope they continue to make movies from them.
Blessings,
Penny