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How We Make Homeschooling Fun

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How We Make Homeschooling Fun 

This is a paid promotion by Fisher-Price, and all opinions are my own. Thank you, Fisher-Price, for sending me these products 
 
We’ve been homeschooling for 6 months now and I have to say, WOW! It is by far the hardest job ever and also the most rewarding, right up there with motherhood. I have loved being home with the kids all day and we have tons of great adventures together and there is always something fun brewing around here. We do most of our school in themes that span over 2 weeks. Everything from Space School to learning about Community Helpers, Gardening and Hero Training. It’s amazing to me how much more excited my son is when math is focused around fun activities rather than just numbers on a worksheet. I love planning out the dramatic play with each theme, and normally a really fun sensory bin.  

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This week we are doing a bit of a cross over and talking about community helpers as well as everyday heroes. It’s a unique opportunity, and I’m making the most of it. While we are learning about the people in our community that help us like firefighters, paramedics, and police officers, we are also learning that these are the real, everyday heroes. Now for the moms out there around my age, you are totally going to remember the original Rescue Heroes™ show from the late 90’s. Well, all that awesomeness is making its way back into homes with a new generation of Rescue Heroes cadets. Your little one can watch the new Cadets (and some of the older experts) on Fisher-Price YouTube Channel with the re-launch of the Rescue Heroes animated episodes, and can play with the characters with the action figures available at Walmart. I love these toys to incorporate into our school play time because it allows us to talk about what real heroes look like. These Rescue Heroes® figures are a team of larger-than-life emergency responders who work together to combat natural disasters wherever they happen. I love that these are heroes that have values about protecting what and who is around them. They use teamwork, and they have awesome tools that help them accomplish their jobs, just like the people that have those jobs in everyday life.  

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One of my favorite parts is that several of the Rescue Hero cadets hold jobs that we are familiar with. John’s Grandpa and Daddy were both firefighters so Billy Blazes the Rescue Heroes team leader is an obvious favorite. I also love Reed Vitals, the Medic and Forrest Fuego, the hotshot wildfire firefighter, which are both jobs that Daddy has had over the years. John is head over heels for Sandy O’Shin the Irish Marine Expert (he recently learned to snorkel). As a mom, I love that the heroes come from diverse cultural backgrounds, are both genders, and have all kinds of realistic awesome careers.  

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Each toy comes with awesome accessories that are interchangeable between characters and a profile card that tells you a few details about each hero.  You can snag them online at Walmart or in store in August. We downloaded the YouTube Kids app on John’s iPad so that he could watch the new episodes of Rescue Heroes™ on the Fisher-Price Channel.  
 

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So while we are having fun working on our math problems, dressing up for dramatic play, and, of course, sounding out words in library books, our Rescue Heroes toys have made school a little more fun this week. 

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Comments

  1. amber.m says

    July 30, 2019 at 10:04 am

    These are so neat and just so cute. What an awesome way to teach your kids about real life, daily heros in our world <3
    So sweet!
    My nephew is going to LOVE these! Can not wait to grab some to put into his christmas box! Thanks for the idea 🙂

  2. Kendra says

    July 30, 2019 at 2:46 pm

    Looks like you are having an awesome time homeschooling!

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