Subway - Step it Up

Occasionally, different companies or organizations offer resources for schools. Usually they also include homeschools.
I've recieved free things from NASA, USDA, Pizza Hut, and more. Today we recieved a package from Subway. It's part of a program called Step It Up.

Honestly, I had forgotten I signed up. So it was a lovely surprise this morning.



It was full of so many goodies, I'm not sure where to start. There are pedometers for the boys, lesson plans, and a calendar.



I'm sort of excited about this one. I think if I motivate the kids to get moving, that they will help keep my momentum going.

Look stickers!! I love stickers.

Bug Fest

We went to Bug Fest at the Museum of Natural Sciences. There were so many neat things to see and lots of interesting people to talk to.

Here the kids are looking at hissing cockroaches, preying mantises, and leaf bugs.


This table had representations of how many bug segments are allowed per gram of popular processed foods. Yummy...



The Scorpion display.


There were lots of crafts. For the most part the boys have outgrown these types of things. But Jeremiah can't resist a buggy transformation.





Visiting the bee keeper.



A celebrity sighting.



More motor bugs.





A couple of lady bugs.



BTW, the boys were there in uniform because the BSA was giving out a special patch to scouts.

Reorganizing

I mentioned in a previous post that I'm reorganizing our home. I'm currently working on all our homeschool stuff. Several months ago we bought these Ikea shelves.



Last week I finally found bins that fit...and they were on clearance at that!

So now I've gone through each shelf and pulled off everything we don't need. I put stuff we don't use often in the bins. The top row is all teacher books, references, and photo albums. I've given one shelf to each child in the second row. (Though I'm considering switching the middle two rows).

On the very top are the kids craft projects they've made in scouts.



The kids used to have a cubby each in the dining room table. But it was just annoying and constantly messy.



Now I store a few supplies and the math teacher books I almost never use anymore.



I'm still working on it. We are in our 10th year of homeschooling and we've accumulated so much STUFF!