Sunday, May 23, 2010

"We're Busy, Busy, Dreadfully Busy...."

It's officially spring here in Montana and that usually means road trip time for our household! Today was laundry, luggage locating, and printing off all the necessary school and other stuff for the road.

This trip will take 3 days. It will take us through 5 states and will be approximately 20ish hours on the road with plenty of time for stops and fun on days 2 and 3. Activities for J3 are as listed below:

Day 1:

Breakfast
Working on Nouns (SchoolHouse Rock - Grammar Rock and 2 worksheets)
Vocabulary Worksheet for new book
Reading Time
Playtime/Relax Time
Lunch w. Homeschooling Friends along the route and playtime at the park
Playtime/Relax Time (hopefully sleep time!)
Addition Practice (Hot Dots Flash Cards)
Craft time (coloring)
Reading Time
Adventures in Odyssey (1 lesson)
Creative writing (based on AiO lesson)
1 DVD
Dinner @ hotel and swimming fun!


Day 2:

Breakfast
Noun Review
Reading Time
Playtime/Relax Time
Lunch at Space Aliens
Working with Adjectives(SchoolHouse Rock - Grammar Rock and Alien Adjectives sheet)
Addition Practice (Hot Dots Flash Cards)
Craft time (pipe cleaner creations)
Reading Time
Adventures in Odyssey (1 lesson)
Creative writing (based on AiO lesson)
1 DVD
Dinner @ hotel and fun time at indoor playpark (likely necessary - rain is expected)

Day 3:

Breakfast
Grammar Review
Reading Time
Playtime/Relax Time
Lunch where we land
Working with Verbs (SchoolHouse Rock - Grammar Rock and 2 worksheets)
Addition Practice (Hot Dots Flash Cards)
Craft time (your choice)
Reading Time
Adventures in Odyssey (1 lesson)
Creative writing (based on AiO lesson)
1 DVD
Dinner @ Grandma's!

Intermittent road stops will DEFINITELY be made complete with beach ball, frisbee, and bubbles! We're looking forward to it!