Valentine Exchange

This year a fellow home schooler and friend told us about a yahoo group for home schoolers that is a penpal group. (Wow, I really surprised at that sentence since I teach grammar). I decided as an incentive to write, and also what kid doesn't like to get mail, to let Jana participate. Thankfully she has a great friend now who really likes to write her and keeps the ideas coming of subjects to write about. I was blessed enough to find her mother on facebook as well so now they can share more pictures and really get to "see" each other.

Another first for us this year is the Valentine Exchange. The cards could not be bought at the store. They had to be handmade. Our schedule is one of running and God blessed me two ways......
1. The homeschool toolbar which has so many link buttons to so many things. We decided on something simple but yet still fun to do together without tons of mess and tons of time. I admit that Art is not my art of choice (music and dance.

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2. About 2 feet of snow. We were shut in and off from the studio and just about everything else for two days. Church services were even cancelled from the storm.


Geography is one of my stronger subjects and one that I enjoy teaching at our co-op as well. So, I am using this experience to reinforce her learning of the 50 states. The World just seems larger to a 8 year old girl with big dreams :).

Today we received two Valentine's from siblings in New York. That's an easy state for her because we have family there and I play there often. I am going to pull out our 50 state binder from last year so we can review the state facts (My Father's World - Adventures curriculum) and look at the Atlas from towns in New York. I love google and am addicted to "typing" information that I need to know.

Thankfully we met the deadline as well by the way. We were at the Post Office before 4pm and sent them on their way.................just before the next foot of snow falls.