Hi-Ho Webbies! Here’s the geeky ways I taught my five year old during spring break:

Math:

1. Watching Daddy play the chocobo race in FFX “Is Daddy’s time more or less than the trainer?”

2. Making Dinner “If we break this cup of milk into four equal pieces, they’ll each be a quarter cup.”

3. Buying cupcakes “So this is $12.95. How much more would I need if it was $13?”

Reading:

1. Watch Cardcaptors Sakura in japanese subtitled.

2. Got him a Sonic the Hedgehog comic book.

3. Trade off reading the Frozen Junior Novel with him.

Social Studies:

1. Explain what a monarchy is after watching both Thor and Frozen on consecutive movie nights.

2. Show him my voting pamphlet and explain to him the importance of voting, and having your voice be heard. Don’t tell him that as we live in a solidly blue state our voice isn’t really as important in a presidential election.

3. Later in the week when he sees me reading “The Masked Empire” by Patrick Weekes, try to explain the difference between a monarchy and an empire. This one didn’t go as well.

Science

1. Prepare a Ninja Turtle Chia pet with him, and explain the life cycle of plants.

2. Explain physics with Angry Birds Space.

3. Try to explain why the toast for cinnamon sugar toast, burned when you put the setting all the way to dark.

P.E.

1. Play chase, hide and seek, and red rover.

2. Wander through the crowds at Costco for over two hour, not letting him once sit in the cart. I’m very mean that way.

3. Have him hike over mountains (rocks), through deadly forests (blackberry brambles), and over lakes (Really big puddles), to slay the dragon (me).

Art and Music

1. Dance Party to They Might be Giants, “Here Comes Science”.

2. Draw the red ninja (himself if you’re curious) fighting bad guys, in comic book form on our windows using washable crayons.

3. Color in about a half dozen different coloring books.

Well that was fun. Enjoy your own spring break if you haven’t had one yet!

Keep surfing Webbies, and may all your imaginings be fertile!

– Zenbry