Wednesday, May 20, 2020

Adventures in Home Learning: Episode 9

We’re still here. Still doing. Still having to make sure she makes her list of things to do — besides watch videos and play games. (It doesn’t happen without a reminder from Mommy.)


Our veggies are still growing though I despair a little for the carrots unless I transplant them into the garden, but the time is coming for that. We usually plant the garden around Memorial Day weekend, after the worst of the rain is over so there aren’t big swampy puddles.


We recently got some turkey chicks which are enjoying the heat lamp right now.


One of the easiest things to do with my daughter, honestly, is cook. Occasionally she doesn’t want to, but it’s pretty rare. This past week I had her make three big salads with tuna for lunch. Of course, doing things this way takes longer and requires supervision, which is why it doesn’t happen all the time.

And I’ve gotten her to draw a couple pictures in the past week. I am apparently a radish and Dad wears a cap made out of a raspberry filled macaron.




She isn’t big on reading by herself, 20 minutes a day is usually the most I can get out of her, but she loves some of the kids anime shows, so I bought her the first three books in the Sailor Moon series for her birthday recently and she loved them! We’ve ordered more and I’m hoping I can parlay that into an interest in learning Japanese via our Mango Languages database from the library.

Speaking of which, you do know that our library, and most libraries I know of, make a number of databases available for free with your library card, right? The Southeast Steuben County Library list is on their web site at https://www.ssclibrary.org/research/online-resources/

It’s a great resource for kids needing to do a final report or any kind of research.

And did you know that in New York State you can get a library card for the HUGE database of ebooks, movies, and music available from the New York Public Library? It’s called SimplyE. You fill out the online form and you’ve instantly got access. https://www.nypl.org/books-music-movies/ebookcentral/simplye

Some other resources from our library —



Hang in there, Moms and Dads!

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