Week 3 is B's week to pick what he wanted to learn about. He decided on ice cream. I figured for this one it would be fun at the end of the week to get a few small containers of cool flavoured ice cream and do a taste testing!
I remembered as soon as he came up with the idea that there are a few "How it's made" videos about ice cream and ice cream treats! I don't even know if it is still on the air. Anyone else remembers that show?
Our schedule for the week:
The kids get up really freaking early EVERY day. B knows to snuggle or quietly do something. The girls, on the other hand, I swear start bickering the moment they step out of bed at 5:30 am. If I am lucky they sleep until 6:00 am.
I am the world's meanest mom and will not make breakfast until 8 am. Pretty much you want to be up that freaking early find something quiet to do. Growing up, I would dare not wake anyone else up that early.
Breakfast at 8. Get dressed. I clean up from breakfast.
School starts after that. With either worksheets or workbooks. I alternate each day so they do not get bored with doing the same thing every day.
15-minute break.
Now is journals, art, or science which are alternated days as well.
15 minute outside break while I make the snack.
10:00 am (could be a few minutes later depending on how long the last activity took) Snack
Learning video, game or activity based on that week's theme ICE CREAM!!!
15-minute break.
Reading. Each child gets to read with me individually. This may or make not take place after lunch depending on how long the morning activities have taken.
Lunch
After lunch is me spent working, starting supper or finishing up our morning activities. If they have finished everything from the morning then they are free to play or do whatever they would like.
2:00 pm snack
15 minutes outside break.
Work, finish dinner, clean up.
Dinner
Walk the dogs
Baths, snacks, stories, teeth and bed
Then I work on anything I need to prep for school the following day, work on client orders and tidy.
When the kids are on their breaks I am either making food, answering clients, working on things I can in a short period of time or tidying. If it is a day they watch a video for part of their learning I fold a basket of laundry in the living room while they watch it.
Even with all that, my house is still never clean enough and the kids still complain they are bored in their "free time".
Our schedule stays the same 7 days a week 365 days a year. It helps C to emotionally regulate if we stay on a known schedule.
These are the video's we watched:
Video 1
Video 2
Video 3
These are some of the ice cream activities we did.
Activity 1
Activity 2
On the last day, we did an ice cream tasting because who can have an ice cream week without that.
Goal: Make your dream ice cream snack
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