Remembering Dr King

I'm the only one up besides the cats so I have a few minutes to do some surfing. I've been reading some great blog posts honouring the memory of Dr King. I also did a little search on youtube and found this:

Some great homeschooling links: The great resource at Econedlink has some cool lesson plans for older kids.
Lots of free pdf files for the wee ones over at Easy Fun School.
Martin Luther King, Jr links specifically for homeschoolers.

Lastly, the site devoted to the memory of a great man, The King Center.

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embrace the peace

elisabeth and i participated in the season for non-violence today. it's to commemorate civil rights leaders gandhi and dr. king. we sang songs about peace and love and learned how to make a peace chain. to make a peace chain, each child (or adult) writes a peaceful thought on a piece of construction paper. the paper is rolled into a ring and other rings are connected. i hope to make a chain with my homeschooling group. they had local ministers and even a buddhist (yay for alt. religions!) read quotes from gandhi and dr. king. non-violence season lasts until april 4, which is the anniversary of dr. king's death. piglet and i had fun. with all the depressing news in the world it's nice to have something that gives you hope.

"everybody be peaceful, even when you're sad. learn to cope and offer hope when things are going bad."

i watched oprah today and received quite a shock. she did a show on clutterbugs and looking at their houses sent my inner neat freak into overdrive. according to oprah, 2/3 of american families are living in clutter. yikes! greg was a pack rack and it's taken me years to break him of that habit. constant vigilance! *g* i'm the opposite, always giving away what i don't need. after you've moved a gazillion times packing up all that junk isn't so much fun.

in other tv news, we watched wife swap mainly because they had a pagan family on there. the pagan mum switched h a family focused on motorcycle riding. i admit, i've never seen it before and was waiting for them to skewer pagan life. it wasn't too bad, well not as bad as i expected. the pagan parents did take it a bit too far. your kids well being is a hell of a lot more important than being earth friendly. i couldn't believe that motorcycle mama didn't know what composting was. *boggles*

fun at the musuem

what a full day it's been. got up at 5, took katie to skating practise and then home again. got breakfast ready for the brood and fed the pups. hug and kissed everybody and then elisabeth and i were out the door by 8:30.

i picked up 5 other kids from their various homes and headed to the musuem. leah was there with her kidlets and off we went to explore the musuem.

we had the most annoying tour guide ever. when she found out that we were homeschoolers, she starting being all condescending and rude. i swear, i wanted to smack her silly. unfortunately, i was in mummy mode and had to be the mature responsible adult and not assault the close-minded asshat in the tour-guide uniform. honestly, where does this attitude of superiority come from? i certainly would never criticise someone for sending their kids to public school. i expect the same level of respect considering how i educate my children.

they had a group of little old ladies there all wearing hats and their sunday best. they were part of a group who specialise in miniature mammoth making. they make tiny whooly mammoths! apparently they come to the musuem for inspiration. mini whooly mammoths. i'm still trying to get my mind around it. odd. they wouldn't let me take many pictures. apparently because i was using the cameraphone. they have cell phones banned at the musuem, mustn't disturb the mammoths. i tried explaining i was only going to use it for pictures, but they were pretty firm on it. i didn't think it would look good to get tossed out of the musuem in front of the kidlets. especially since this was supposed to be a teaching excercise. so i was polite and respectful, mostly. i did manage to get a picture of the mammoth and one of the totem's. pics below.


there was a saltwater tank and they had a huge barnacle shell that the kids could climb in and see how to catch food. there was also a exhibit on whales and how they stay warm in the water. there was a bear exhibit showing the black bear and the grizzly and of course, the whooly mammoth too. they also learned about the history of the first nations which was cool. i'm always trying to expose her to different cultures and beliefs. overall, it was a good day. afterwards, we went to milestones. ate, dropped kids off at their respective homes, came home, i collapsed from exhaustion while elisabeth recounted the whole day.





the great whooly mammoth




this is one of the totem's from the first nations, it's called nootka.