What does a snow day look like at our house?
We had about 4inches of snow last night. The children got up excited and eager to go outside to play. The local public school district was on a two hour delay.
The children ate a quick breakfast and rushed outside. They needed to rush, since one can never tell how long the snow will last! Although, since it is January I doubt it will go away to quickly. They trampled the snow in our backyard, shoveled half our driveway, tried out the snow scooter.
They came in cold and wet, ready for hot chocolate. I'm not sure which makes more mess, the wet mittens or the cocoa packets.
After that, we settled down with the school books. They did the basics this morning: reading, grammar, spelling, math.
We took a break for lunch and clutter patrol. After that, they ventured down the road to the Amish farm for real sledding. One of the side benefits of homeschooling is the children can go sledding when the hill is empty. No need to worry about bigger children being rough with little ones.
They are back in again, ears and cheeks rosey red in spite of warm hats and scarves. Wet mittens drying and more cups of hot chocolate brewing. More little puddles of melted snow to wet my socks as I walk into my kitchen.
After Trinity is down for her nap we will do history and science, using The Prairie Primer. Our school day and snow day will the be complete.
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