Weekly Follow up 2/14/11-2/18/11

We kinda took the last week off. We had to take my dad to the VA for some tests and thats a day long adventure. My dad lives 45 minutes South of us. Then when he gets here we have to drive 1 1/2 hours north to the VA. Instead of taking off one day and messing up a routine we took the week. Which the kids love and I don't have to check lessons for a week. We all win.
With my boys I can't just say you have the week off. If I do they sit around and ask me 100 times what they can do.
So, we have a fun week. They played all their games this week. They played The Periodic Table game, scrabble, boggle, yahtzee, cards, chess, their DS games, computer games, ps 2 time, wii time and even some outside time. They love those kinds of weeks.

Wii game system

We are very fortunate to have the Wii game system. It is a wonderful system to use for learning as well as physical education when it’s rainy, too cold or hot outside. We have the Wii fit plus, Wii sports, Monopoly and Medieval games. It will not replace the boys being able to go outside but it’s a good alternative. Nothing beats going outside for some fresh air, bike riding and such.

Nintendo DS learning

I don’t believe all learning needs to be done in front of a book. Kids learn from anything and everything. So, we make great use of their Nintendo DS game systems. We have Spanish for everyone, My word coach, Learn Geography, Learn Chess, Burger Island , Cake Mania and Build a lot for some of their learning. They can learn something from each of these games. We're hopeing to get some more DS games soon. Such as Professor Layton games & Science Papa.