My daughter woke me in my bedroom around 3 a.m. with the statement “Mommy, I think I have a fever.” She was correct. The thermometer read over 102 degrees. Ugh.. A not so great way to begin her school year. She had gone to bed last night complaining of a sore throat, but I just blew it off. That symptom blossomed into full-blown pain and not wanting to eat or drink, so I actually took her to see her peds doc this morning. Her symptoms were mimicking that of Strep, so I thought it best to get a culture. Thankfully, it wasn’t Strep so no need for antibiotics, but she likely has an Adenovirus infection. Fun stuff. Lucky for us, though, we don’t have to report our sick days to a school nurse, just mommy/teacher/physician:)
Still, her URI was bad timing since the kids and I were to spend the morning at a local animal refuge center. They hold some great classes on nature/ecology/wildlife, etc, for homeschoolers, but my husband’s work schedule allowed him to still take the boys to the class. Sounded like a lot of educational fun.
After lunch, I focused on my oldest 2 sons and their academics until about 9:00 this evening. My daughter spent most of the day on the couch, and the first grader was exhausted from the outdoors field trip, so I did not focus on his structured academics. The kids watched a few video tutorials on 9/11 via Brainpop and Discovery Education streaming.
Off to bed soon as we have another field trip staring at us for tomorrow. I’m not one to usually do too many field trips, since we have such a large volume of academics to cover at home. Having adequate time to teach is essential to their education, but tomorrow’s adventure should prove worthwhile.
One side note-I started going through the tutorials on Coding Academy for myself as well as having my oldest 2 go through them. Looks to be an informative site..