Six year old Nathan has had it in mind to become a firefighter for several years now, so I am going to run with it! As an Alaskan homeschooling family we have the ability to create our own learning plans and this year I decided to incorporate his dreams into his learning. I felt that […]
The goals of this unit are pretty straight forward. First it’s to better understand exactly what happens when a person calls 911, and how it leads to dispatching particular units and apparatus. Next it involves the practice of using walkie-talkies (an interesting skill to share the modern child!), and finally the inclusion of map skills […]
This unit has been pretty straight forward. The topic at hand isn’t particularly abstract, and the concepts aren’t complicated so we were able to move through them pretty quickly. As with the last unit, Bones, the rescue play was also very fun. The basic goals of this unit: Learn about the basic structure of our […]
If you are looking to teach your interested child (4th-9th grade perhaps, but suitable when adjusted for younger and certainly older) decent, in-depth, First Responder Skills, than you have come to the right place! Does this curriculum line-up offer a day-by-day detailed plan? No. Sorry. (Though not really.) This isn’t for the easy-generic-elementary-text-book-following kind of […]
As the first Science unit of the year, we were a bit slow at gaining momentum, and there was some evolving, but with only 7 units to cover the entire year there is plenty of time for each. I think it has turn out quite well. The subject matter is very straight forward and there […]
This unit has certainly had more substance than the introductory Unit. It has included reading about and discussions on a firefighter’s need to insure their own personal safety and the safety of their team through healthy personal habits, safety during training and through good training, and while on the job and using equipment. We talked […]
We have successfully finished our first unit in Fire Fighter Skills. For homeschool this year I started a couple weeks early with a partial schedule, including this unit, as a way to establish a routine, get back in the groove, and to assess how much time will need to be devoted to each subject. This […]
There is nothing greater than stepping into that perfectly clean room, throwing your bags on the floor and plopping into the couch. You’ve had a long flight only to be followed by a busy shuffling of other modes of transportation. You’re ready for a glass of wine and soft bed where you can finally finish […]
Every year our family volunteers for the Lost Lake Run in Seward. It is a very popular 16 mile race over a mountain and the funds raised go to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. It’s huge. Absolutely huge. This year alone contributions equaled $260,000. Though limited to 750 official racers the volunteer team needed has reached […]
I’ve been a little inspired by this little blog post. I love the photo. Since our site is not strictly a blog I am not particularly interested in posting 7 blog entries in 7 days. I would however like to challenge myself to at least 3 new posts of any variety. So here goes #1…. […]
