We did all kinds of fun activities with this FIAR book. We focused on tornadoes and tornado preparedness, one room schools, and what prairies look like. Below is a list of what we did.
- We went on a picnic with an authentic prairie meal. Our metal lunch pail had a carrot, ham slices, baked potato, dried fruit, and water.
- We compared and contrasted homeschooling to a one room school.
- We measured a distance of 3 miles with the car.
- We took a long walk (about a mile) with our lunch pail.
- The kids climbed many trees.
- We made a tornado lap book.
- We finally made an emergency tub for the basement. In the tub is a blanket, two bottles of water, some candy, a hand crank flashlight, a multi-purpose tool, Band- Aids, dog leash, dog dish, and hydrogen peroxide. This is a bare bones kit. Even in a worse case scenario, I would not expect to be in the basement for more than an hour or so. The likelihood of a significant tornado in the mountains is unlikely, although we had a small one in January and actually had a small one destroy our backyard a few years ago. We have moved to the basement for safety three times in the last 10 years. We mostly get high winds and hail around here.
- We bought and set up a Red Cross weather radio.
- Each child wrote a few sentences describing our backyard.
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