Sometimes I just feel like we need a do over. Okay, let me explain. I would only redo the time between 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. Why? Well friends, today something happened that I don't wish upon anyone. I had my first blow out in a vehicle. My front right tire popped. It was a very scary experience. Luckily I had a great team with me, my mother for one. She took charge, while I gained my composure and immediately started working on getting it changed. Yay mom! Anyhow after I gathered myself I worked on those pesky tight lug nuts and before I knew it, my hubby showed up and all that was left was to put the spare on. All in all I was glad that it was over and that we could get back on the road. We did a little carschooling on our way home this evening. We talked about things we had read about Australia. I have to admit, I feel like we didn't get a lot accomplished in the means of learning about Australia. On the same token though, I do feel like we all did learn a lot today from our trip with grandma (my mom) . Here are some things we learned and/or observed today.
1) When a tire blows out, have no fear if grandma (my mom) is there. :)
2) Helping people sure makes a person feel good. My children learned more about the gift of helping others today.
3) Some people are very rude to people who work in customer service, and I really think people should be a bit more patient with people. Yelling at the staff in a food restaurant is just really inappropriate just because your order is wrong.
4) Car salesmen are slooowwwww (I know, I know #3, but really I was patient and nice)
5) Food prices seem to go up every time I go to the grocery store. :(
6) Always check the gas cap and make sure it is closed before you drive away...oops :/
7) It's okay if a school day doesn't quite add up to my expectations. There is always time for a school evening... ;)
8) A $1.97 badge maker, found at a thrift store, is a really fun toy for three little girls. They will make badges until you asked them to put it away.
9) When a thrift store has all shorts marked down to 20 cents, my mother will buy every pair in her grandchildren's sizes. :) What a blessing!
10) Everyone will help carry in groceries, but nobody wants to help put them away. Ha! It's probably because I'm like "Hey, that doesn't go there" :)
11) Spending time with my mom is nice and I really really enjoy it.
To say the least, it was quite an interesting day.
I did manage to find some pretty neat Australia links to share with you
This site has great links and resources for the unit
Today I meet up with my mil, and a friend for a co-teaching day. It was nice to get the kids together to play and have some visitation ourselves. We did focus on Australia some more, with the focus on Boomerangs mainly. I thought coloring our own boomerangs and watching a video on how boomerangs work would be fun. We also reviewed a little about what we have learned and I read a story about a young girl who lives in Australia. Interesting to learn they drive on the left side and drink lots of tea, like those who live in Britain.
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Today started out really good and finished even better. We started out the day by decorating the front of our Australia folders. We then took a trip to the library, where we picked up a book about the explorer Captain Cook, a book about deserts and a book about strange animals of Australia. We also learned more about the flag of Australia, and finished up our day with a couple videos. Pretty productive day, and much better than yesterday. :)
The deserts of Australia cover 1,371,000 square kilometres (529,000 sq mi), or 18% of the Australian mainland.
Today was the first day of our Australia study. Today the girls learned the location of Australia. We learned about the Aboriginal Culture and Aboriginal art. We also learned about the animals of Australia. Oh yeah, and we talked about the Outback and the Great Barrier Reef. We will be covering all of these subjects more in depth as the week goes by.
