Yesterday we had a fun field trip with one of our parent's groups, my sister-in-law, and nephew, Drew. We went to a kids museum in Oak Park. It was pretty small so I wasn't convinced it would keep the attention of the kids for long, but they were entertained for hours! The highlight was a stage with sliding scenery and an area for a "director" to control lighting and music. It even had a tv screen built in so you could see the kids performing (and I use that term loosely! It was more like fighting, and running around, and yelling...) on screen. Very clever idea! The kids loved the costumes and prepping to put a show on. There was also a huge treehouse area that was decorated to look like a willow tree. Very cool! We will definitely go back again.
Today was a lost day. We stayed home and watched way too much tv. I was happy that it was the Scholastic videos based on books and other semi-educational shows without any commercials. It also sparked her to go sit in her room and pull out all of the Kevin Henkes books she owns and read to herself. We made homemade chicken soup, played a game, read, and tried our best to stay out of the oppressive heat and humidity. I'm so ready for summer to be over. Hopefully tomorrow we will have the energy to actually function. We homeschool year round so I try not to be hard on myself when we have a lazy day. I know that we will make it up on one of her power-learning days.
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