Modest Swimwear and Lots of PE - Some Days Homeschooling Looks Like This Day 2

Here's Day 2 of a glimpse into my homeschooling day of how homeschooling looks sometimes:

Traveling on tour with my husband calls for lots and lots of PE physical Education hours. When my oldest two were younger, they absolutely loved finding hotels with water slides. We were blessed to find this one in Little Chute, WI with a small but nice water park. Since that time, my youngest really doesn't like water slides. However, she will go down this smaller one that is at this hotel. This particular hotel also offers a water basketball hoop in the middle of the pool. I also wanted to make special note of my oldest daughter's swim suit. She has been insistent that she have a very modest suit but none fit the bill. So, we ended up finding workout shorts and top and she wore a bikini swimsuit underneath. It seemed to work out rather well. Modesty prevails!

 

 

  

  

TOS Review - HomeSchool Scholastics WAY Comes Home Kit Wellness Academics You Fitness for Homeschoolers

Talk about receiving a packaged that is loaded with tons of surprises, I was thrilled to get a chance to review the WAY Comes Home Kit from HomeSchool Scholastics, an i4 Learning Company. WAY stands for Wellness, Academics, and You designed and field tested specifically for homeschoolers. When it arrived, I felt like it was Christmas morning or a birthday celebration as I kept pulling new items out of the box.

The kit comes to us via HomeSchool Scholastics, an i4 Learning Company. The company seeks to serve the homeschooling community by asking what we want, and then field tests everything with homeschoolers.

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What is WAY Comes Home Kit?

The original kit was created in 2005 and is now in schools and endorsed by several national organizations as well as a peer review published in a Medical Journal from Stanford University and a Research Journal from the University of Alabama-Birmingham, School of Public health. This is a program that has been developed with the help of educators, health professionals and homeschoolers from all across the USA. It has been tested for two years with homeschool families who provided feedback about the program and pricing. It has been proven to boost academic performance in subjects such as: Math Science Reading Writing

The kit includes:

• Guide Books
• Printed Materials with 5 Modules including Lessons for Each Academic Level
• Consumable Journal To Be Used With One Student Per Journal (Grades K-1/2-3/4-5)
• Packet of Consumable WAY Vocabulary Cards and Illustrations (Grades K-1/2-3/4-5)
• Two foam yellow balls
• A plastic scale
• 3 plastic baskets
• A bunch of plastic eggs
• Counting discs
• Access to Online Content Which Includes New Lessons Each Month

The lessons are presented in a 10-part layout

1. Parent Prep
2. Lesson at Glance
3. Get Things Ready
4. WAY Vocab Words
5. What To Do
6. Art Attack
7. Weekends with WAY
8. Pray/Reflect
9. WAY More Resources
10. WAY More Fun

The Journals cover three levels of learning for each lesson module:

WAY Health Safari - K-1 Grade

WAY Me Mysteries - 2-3 Grade

WAY Innerspace Adventure! - 4-5 Grade

There are 5 Modules. Within each of the 5 modules, there are lessons directed toward each of the 3 levels - Safari-Me Mysteries-Innerspace Adventure! They are marked as .1, .2, or .3 after the Module number:

1.1 - Come on a Health Safari with Me
1.2 - Look at Me
1.3 - Story of Me

2.1 - What is My Role?
2.2 - What is Wellness?
2.3 - Am I Well?

3.1 - The WAY/ My Body Moves
3.2 - Exercise and Pulse
3.3 - Getting Active

4.1 - Food to Grow On
4.2 - Keep It Balanced
4.3 - Balancing My Plate and My Day

5.1 - Happy Hands, Healthy Me
5.2 - From You to Me
5.3 - Collecting, Reporting, and Analyzing Data
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How Did We Use It?

Our rendition of food art!

 

 

 

Glitter was included to use in a demonstration of how germs spread.

Since the kit is set up with lessons that each take about a week to complete, I thought one lesson a week would be a good way to start. However, once I got into the lessons, I noticed there were weekend suggestions and WAY More Resources that made each lesson stretch out for longer than a week. Since I wanted to get the most out of the kit, we explored everything.

I presented the entire kit to my 9-year-old! She exercised to the DVD, and then I let her sample each of the journals. Even though her level is the Way Innerspace Aventure! level, she had a lot of fun coloring and doing the activities for the WAY Health Safari journals.

What Did We Think?

The box was packed with materials! It was like opening a Christmas present when it arrived in the mail. I really appreciate that a wellness program has been created with the homeschooler in mind. It's nice to feel as if we don't have to miss out on these kind of programs yet are invited to modify it and change it as needed to fit our individual needs. I also really like that there is an opportunity to express yourself through the Art Attack segments in each lesson.

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Opening Night Day 3 of Tech Week Mary Poppins Full Broadway Musical

 

"Mary" harnasing up to get ready to fly.

   

"Burt" harnasing up getting ready to fly.

 

 

This year both of my girls have been taking part in Lifelight Youth Theatre.  All of this time, they have been preparing for their musical presentation of Mary Poppins....  TECH WEEK HAS ARRIVED AND OPENING NIGHT IS TONIGHT! Followed by a Friday and Saturday Night show and a Saturday Matinee. How are we holding up?  It's hitting me today - I'm sooooooo tired!

Tuesday, my oldest daughter arrived at 10 a.m. to unload the truck filled with props. My husband picked her up at 10 p.m.... a 12 hour day for her. Thankfully, my youngest didn't have to be there till 3:00 p.m. The next day was a bit easier, starting at 2-10 p.m., though it was one of my big volunteer days. I helped set up the party room and then stayed to attend a meeting at 9 p.m. before picking up the girls.



While I waited in between, I got to catch a glimpse of behind the scenes and mic, audio, lights and safety flying and props tests. It was fascinating to watch.

For some reason, though. Today, after I dropped them both off at 2:00 p.m, I felt so very tired. This is not good, because tonight is opening night, and I have tickets for just me. Though, tonight is just a bit of a teaser for a more social weekend, and for this little introvert - Social is exhausting!

Yesterday went well. I even met some new people, other moms. And, I left feeling encouraged and not drained. So, I'm not sure why it hit me today. Other than, when I returned home, I had a big Life Sized Barbie Doll to package up that I sold on eBay and my printer wasn't recognizing the fact that it is awake and working. It kept saying Offline. So, my guru computer son helped me with that one, but I didn't make it to bed till almost 2 a.m.

Tomorrow night is the big family viewing of the play, which is exciting but somehow makes me feel on edge and need to be socially alert. Then, Saturday, I'm working the souvenir booth. I'm a bit nervous about running credit cards as I haven't worked with the public for oh so many years and never really taking credit card payments. So, I'm worried but not overly so.

Saturday will be a very long day. We need to be there at 10 a.m. and not leave till the show is over and we have stayed to strike the scenery sets and load the truck. I'm anticipating a post-midnight evening.

So, how have we held up? So far, we've made it to opening night's day and are still upright. Though, I'm exhausted with sleepy heavy eyes. Still, I'm looking forward to seeing the girls on stage at the full-length premier! I get to get a sneak preview of the full run before sitting through it with in-laws.

Being an introvert with a child interested in musical theatre is an interesting mix. But, with God's help, I think we'll make it. Though, it looks like next year it will only be one child involved as my youngest has told me that she is too shy to sing in public and wants to wait until she is older to see if she wants to pursue it or not. I'm just happy she gave it a go and realizes her limitations and interests. She does plan on continuing ballet, though, which makes me very happy.