Lesson Plans 2.8.10

So things got a bit off track last week and I did not realize how many lose ends we had to tie up so we delayed the start of our doctor unit until this week. So this morning was our first day with the great I wanna be a Doctor unit I picked up from The Old Schoolhouse. LOVE when you can get 10 units for $19.99!! The kids seemed to have a rough time getting started while I was reading the narrative part of the unit. this is a multi-age unit so I had to water down a bit of it for the girls. I just can't understand when they didn't want to know what an oncologist and podiatrist do?? Haha! They did really get into it though when they were able to act out different types of things you might see a doctor for. I think everyone tried the broken leg hop at least once. Tomorrow we will be discussing germs and preventative health so I'm sure they will really get into that as well. Caroline for weeks now (after her run in with pink eye) has been going around the house saying "Don't touch me I have germs!" or "Don't touch me I have THE PINK EYE!" That's a great one to announce at Walmart when you actually don't have it. It will make more than a few moms turn there head in your direction. I am hoping that the week also allows to look a bit into first aid seeing how life with 4 kids always involves a trauma of some sort!

We also began a week's study on Valentine's Day. We read a book on the history of St. Valentines and how America adopted the holiday. I was going to show them a video on it as well, but I felt like I would have to censor it too much. I was amazed at how vulgar the Roman roots of this holiday were? We did though talk about chocolate being a Valentine's Day treat and we watched 2 videos on how chocolate is made. Emma was amazed at how they shake the almond trees to harvest the nuts for candy bars. On Friday we will be having a little Valentine's Day party of our own. We had done a Valentine's Card exchange with some other homeschool kids whose moms I met on The Homeschool Lounge. The past 2 weeks we've been getting little packages in the mail filled with Valentines cards and candies that our kids have been storing in their little heart shaped baskets waiting for the 14th. I know that we will be doing some crafts that days as well and I am hoping to make some gluten free heart shaped cut out cookies as well. We'll see how it goes and if the cookies end up being jello jigglers instead?