O.K. so, in lieu of anything remotely academic, our co-op is going to see Ice Age 2 tomorrow. :) The boys are so excited ... and I am too! I just love going to the movies, "kid" films included!
But homeschoolers can squeeze a little bit of learning out of just about anything, so here are a few of the "prehistoric" activities we are working on this week. They've been wonderfully low-prep stuff while we all fight off a cold!
We are reading The First Dog by Jan Brett, and, if we get really ambitious, there are some neat lesson plans at her author website. Also, I've got Bookworm working on Ice Age 2 Mad Libs this week (hey, that's grammar, right?). 
We have some coloring pages to work on too, using images from Dover's Prehistoric Mammals Coloring Book by Jan Sovak (see Crackerjack's mammoth at right). We use Dover coloring books for everything these days ...
And finally we'll mix up some of "Scrat's Meltdown Mix," a yummy recipe we found on the back of our Crispix cereal box. (Note: We won't bring it with us to the theater though; not just because smuggled snacks are "frowned upon" by theater owners, but because this recipe has peanuts in it. Better safe than sorry.)
Well, that's all I think. Keep your eye out for a review of the movie, written by one (or more) of my boys :)
p.s. I'm holding my breath, as this is a PG movie (why can't they make more rated G?). But the first one was cute, and any "innuendo" usually sails right over their heads. :)
