Bullet Ants

Tomorrow we start back to school, though Monday and Tuesday will still have more socialization time than book work time. Caitlin will be continuing with her animal studies. She got an Animal Planet coloring book in her stocking, so now I don't have to print off all the animals for the book. It is a nice book with information too. Tomorrow is bullet ants. All ants are nasty, yet fascinating creatures. These particular ants have a sting so painful it feels like you have been shot with a bullet. Thank goodness they only live in Tropical Rainforests, unless of course you live or visit there. The video does not talk but is a cool virtual Rainforest camera that captures the little critters at work. There were others that were very graphic that I was not comfortable showing my six year old. I don't want her up with bad dreams, or refusing to go outside. Because we have 4H tomorrow afternoon, instead of in the evening, classes will be shortened. We will be having cooking class and baking and decorating the rest of the Christmas shape cookies for our 4H friends.

Lesson Plans For 01/10/2011:

DJ:
Spelling: Review
Math: Saxon 54
Photography: Birds eye view bugs eye view see DJ's blog for photos
Writing: My Seaworld trip blog post
Sign Language

Caitlin:
Math: Addition, number ID
Language Arts: Consonants, blends, plurals
Printing Practice
Calendar Work, clock work, sight words, skip counting
Animal Book: Bullet Ants
Spelling: List 13
Read sentences to color the picture







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Animal Hoarders On Animal Planet

Have you ever seen this show? It is about people who basically hoard or collect animals. I love animals. My kids love animals. With animal control the way it is here, and people to irresponsible to spay and neuter pets they don't really want, I can see how this could easily become so easy to do. My kids would take in every stray, if I would let them. It is especially a problem with cats. Cats mate a lot and they have kittens at least three times a year. This has been an ongoing problem here. There are a lot of stray cats. While I will not take them in, for one I am allergic, nor will I be responsible for others irresponsibility, I do leave water out there, and food if I know a momma has had kittens in my bushes. I wish I could afford to catch them and have them all fixed but I can not, it just isn't possible. I feel for these people because they start out with good intentions, like most acts of kindness, and it just spiraled out of their control. Definitely a show worth watching, and I hope I remember to watch it next week.