Over the last week, we have had snow, as in a lot of snow for our area. I have heard for our community anywhere from 22-30 inches.
There were two rounds of snow, the first was pretty even and with everyone saying about 16 inches. However, the second round drifted a lot, and is drifting today too, so not as easily measured. Whatever amount it is, we love it, and are so very thankful for the blessed moisture on our crops.
We didn’t stop school for the snow though. We had school around chores and played in the snow for breaks or when mom decided that staying in was not worth it. The animal chores took up quite a bit of time. Between needing water and extra feed, some of the drifts make it possible for curious babies to go right up and over a fence.
I pulled out an Ice and Snow Study, I found on Currclick, we read about Abraham Lincoln, found out at a funeral that our 7 year old has a distant cousin who looks almost exactly like her, worked on a Black Beauty unit study, did some puzzles, started our Creating a Masterpiece Art Study, Decorated some eye patches, and much more.
The snow storms bring children energy and this mama pain, as in back and neck pain that ends up drifting to my legs, head and right arm. So, once the wiggles got in the way of the learning, I umm..kicked or let them out the door.
As you can see, they had lots of fun outside. Snow days in the homeschool, don’t have to mean a missed day of school. There are many ways to add in some school while outside. We didn’t do this, this time, as I didn’t stay out much due to the back pain. However, in the past we have used food coloring mixed with ice cold water in spray bottles to practice spelling words in the snow, used a tape measure to measure the snow balls they made, learned how snow is made before it hits the ground, along with the weather conditions needed, and more.
How much snow did you get? How do you spend your snow days in your homeschool?
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