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Today our regular teacher (Me) was sick, so we had our substitute teacher (Sick Me) teaching. Unfortunately, she was too lazy to be bothered to follow the detailed lesson plans laid out for her. She skipped narration and went straight to finishing the USGS Map Adventures packet--winding up with learning about map grids and scales. E got the grids right away--less so the scale--but then I don't think I've ever used the scale on a map anyway. Then E was dispatched to math while T watched Peep and Mom had a lie down. Post math, E did some more of her zoo homework while T beat Mommy with two balloons. Lunch, and then a scavenger hunt in the backyard. One of the items to find was "Something with words on it" for which she impishly handed me back my own list ("See, it has words on it, Mommy!" Indeed.) Now they are "washing" dolly clothes, which has got to count for some kind of educational whatsit, I dunno. They're having too much fun and getting along with each other too well for me to break it up now, even though I threatened to make them clean up the mess in the basement today.