Homeschoolers Covert Operations

It was mid-winter and we were feeling the blues so we got all our friends together to work on a clandestine operation.

Although most of the neighbors thought we were just a bunch of homeschoolers studying science together, we were really fine tuning our spy skills for our secret operation;-)

We called it Spy Camp, but only when talking to those "in the company". We learned about spy gadgets, spy lingo, spies in history, and some essential skills that a spy must have.

The kids went through an obstacle course of lazer beams and searched the house for clues left behind by a "mole". We even used a lie detector to see if one of our campers was a mole. We couldn't find a mole in the group.

We learned how to disquise messages in code, invisible ink, or small writing. We had so much fun, and there was even more we could have done if we had time. We learned how to find clues in trash and where spies might hide things at.

We had a total of 36 homeschoolers over 3 days.

Each spy recieved a certificate of training making them eligible for employment with the NSA (No Such Agency). Each spy went home with a new pair of spy glasses that allowed them to "check their six" (see behind them).

It was a great time and we hope to do it again in the future, and do it even better.

Dr. Seuss Was On The Loose

For Dr. Seuss Birthday we had two parties, one for persons who are tall

and one for persons who are small.

We consumed Ooblec, Moose Juice and a Horton's Puff

We had green eggs and ham and other strange stuff.

Most the books we read were full of silly rhyme

With our tongues made of rubber we had a great time.

We dressed as Things 1 and 2

and star-bellied sneetches were in attendance too.

The kids played a clean-up game like in "Cat in the Hat",

The really can clean up fast, imagine that.

We played a some games that involved our feet,

The kids all thought that was really neat.

Then we went fishing for One fish or two,

And we caught a few fish that were red or blue.

We made many hats like our freind Bartholomew,

Who had so many hats he didn't know what to do.

The kids were filled with elation,

we are sure this won't be our last Seuss Celebration.