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From August 25^th to 29^th we focused on the FIAR unit Three Names. We looked up prairies on Wikipedia (and found that Ted was right, there really are prairies in Texas, where he’d originally wanted to place our story disk). There are some great national parks resources out there … one of the Junior Rangers programs focuses on a prairie park … the printables were fantastic but unfortunately required actually being in the park to find the answers. So if you’re near a nation park, look online to see what’s there! We also talked about hyperbole, one of the language lessons. Ted insisted that he “never” exaggerates, which had me cracking up. We wanted to try the game Fox and Geese (mentioned in the story) but weren’t able to find a good time. It requires a field of snow, or a prairie to trample down, but we’ve found that a large patio with a chalk-drawn diagram works pretty well too. We talked about how many feet were in a mile, and a bit about wind, which dovetailed nicely with our Noeo weather lessons.

For memory work Ted is working on the Cub Scout Promise, the Law of the Pack, and the Pledge of Allegiance. He’s getting better at them! His first meeting isn’t for a bit yet, but we want to be prepared.

We took time off to go and vote!

And we tried a roasted potatoes recipe to go along with the story too… Ted loves potatoes in just about any form!