Leftovers

We finished the first Little House book using The Prairie Primer, so rather than start a new book and then break for Thanksgiving, we focused last week on leftovers. And it was a veritable feast of Academic Leftovers indeed. Translation: unfinished projects, unread books, activities we just never quite got to when we were supposed to:

1. We finished reading Despereaux and are anxious for the movie.

2. Long ago, we began our unit on plants. We even got in a field trip. For the grand finale, we finished our lapbooks and did an experiment with white carnations and colored water.

3. Reading charts were completed. A bribe reward was redeemed: a treat of each child's choosing from Carvel. Three of them chose the cotton candy flavor. It took 3 days for the hot pink stuff to digest. I know this for a fact because I am the Princess' personal potty aide. They will not be ordering the cotton candy flavor again.

4. We finally got to a mini-unit on Simple Machines, one I meant to deliver a few weeks ago. Michael was so fascinated with the subject matter at hand, he spent a couple of hours rigging a machine of his own.

The problem with leftovers is that many times they aren't completely consumed. And they sit and rot in the fridge. Here's hoping that our History Timeline doesn't rot and have to be tossed with the end of the school year.