Surviving the Freeze

It's been cold. The kind of frigid, unrelenting cold that has mothers and children everywhere looking for innovative ways to survive yet another house-bound day.



Homeschoolers have the advantage in this in some ways. Every day can just follow the normal routine. School can move forward with schedules being interrupted. Let it snow and ice and blow... and bring on the math!

On the other hand, homeschooling means everyone is always at home. Mother and five children. All day. Every day. Nothing else going. Unless I force myself to actually walk out the door and drive somewhere.

So, what do we do to survive? Well, we add projects to some school subjects. We do more science experiments. We paint, and build blanket forts. We color and play games and string beads. And please tell me I'm not the only mom who has used Google to try to find out how many minutes children can safely play outside in frigid temperatures.





Yesterday we decided to brave the snow and cold and get out for a while. I asked everyone if they would rather go ice skating or swimming. Their answer was BOTH!! So we did. We made sure there was enough time between that their hair was dry from swimming before they went out on the ice, but they certainly got plenty of good exercise! And they were very tired last night, so I call that success!




Today church was cancelled due to snow. So we are enjoying the novelty of having Keith here for the day. And it is warmer today. So no googling required, this tribe is getting some time outside! Especially since, according to the weather predictions, the temperatures are going to be dropping again tomorrow...

1 comment

  1. Sheila SwartzentruberFebruary 22, 2015 at 3:59 PM

    Skating looks really fun! But given the choice I would definitely rather go swimming right now!! =)

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