The kids have been working hard on their schoolwork all week, so they could have a short day today. And after today, we’re taking a week off for Thanksgiving. We’re all looking forward to the break!
After Thanksgiving, we’re going to do a month of Christmas school. It will be a nice change of pace, before we get back to our regular curriculum in January. When all is said and done, I think we’ll actually be in school a month and a half longer than the public school, but “shhh”…don’t tell the kids.
News of Note
Congratulations to Rebecca C., who won the Merry Madagascar Giveaway! As soon as she contacts me with her mailing address, her prize will be on it’s way!
If you still want to win a Merry Madagascar prize pack, some of my fellow elevenmoms are still running their giveaways. I know for sure you can still enter at Lille Punkin Reviews and Frugal Upstate.
I added a new Savings Account page, where you can stay up to date on online savings account rates.
The Roundup
- 4 Ways to Develop a Thankful Heart Before Thanksgiving – Bible Money Matters
- Reasons Why I Love In-N-Out Burger: It’s no secret! – Good Financial Cents. I’ll admit In-N-Out is one of the few things I miss about living in CA. Maybe one day they’ll come to OR.
- Healthy Turkey Meatloaf Muffins – Squawkfox
- Homeschool Finance – Gather Little by Little
- How to Host a Memorable Cookie Swap – Simple Mom
Have a great weekend! And I don’t want to say this too loudly, but it looks like I might just get a few hours to myself tomorrow afternoon, as the rest of the family is off doing other things. Whatever will I do with my time?
Photo by StarMama.
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Ok I will bite…what is Christmas School? It sounds like it could be fun!
I don’t know what you mean by “Christmas School” but this week we’re having some fun Thanskgiving learning! My children made paper turkeys today, and they did a lot of different activities–like math, spelling, reading, and history–that incorporated Thanksgiving ideas into each. My 4yo did color by number turkeys (his first time at doing color by numbers). My 6yo had the same picture but decided, after looking at the turkey photo in my Audobon book that some of the colors weren’t quite accurate, so he made his truer to life, which was fun, too!
I think my children would love some Christmas themed school. I hadn’t thought about it before, but now you’ve got me thinking!
We do school all year long, taking off a little while I’m canning during the year, so changing up the work a bit (yet still giving the same types of work) is fun for them!