Quail_Antwerp
Cold is on the Right, Hot is on The Left
Ok, first, I may or may not post here everyday...just wanted to make that clear 
Today was day one of my "playing" idea. Kids were really gung ho about it!
Today we "surveyed" a piece of "farm ground" that we purchased from a local farmer and we *gasp* broke it up into a house allotment (sad, but true happenings).
They divided out 4 lots for homes. Then painted the building area for the "houses" orange and the yards green. The middle unpainted areas will be roads and a park. That was their decision LOL
Then we used a yellow crayon to mark yellow "survey pins" at the edge of each property. I am going to get some yellow push pins to put in there because we can't see the yellow crayon dots.
They used paper, popsicle sticks, and playdough to make for sale signs. Then each kid chose a lot to "sell". Well, no one's buying until someone gets jobs and makes money to buy LOLOL (that's another day!)
Today we worked out the taxable value of their ground. They decided to have each property value at $50 an acre, and then they chose their asking price for the lot they are selling.
The lots range right now from 1.65 acres to 2.1 acres. They were pretty proud of themselves.
Tomorrow we are working out yearly taxes for their lots, and they are going to decide their jobs.
Today they decided minimum wage to be $5 an hour.
DD is a horse critter. DS1 is a kitty, DS1 is a kitty, and DS3 is a frog.
Right now everyone is renting space at Bookshelf Apartments until they are able to buy and build their homes.
Going to be scouting out some small cardboard boxes for their homes in the makings. I also have small scrap pieces of material that I am going to use to sew them some curtains, toy pillows, bedding, etc so they can purchase items for their homes.
I am ready for a nap!
Today was day one of my "playing" idea. Kids were really gung ho about it!
Today we "surveyed" a piece of "farm ground" that we purchased from a local farmer and we *gasp* broke it up into a house allotment (sad, but true happenings).
They divided out 4 lots for homes. Then painted the building area for the "houses" orange and the yards green. The middle unpainted areas will be roads and a park. That was their decision LOL
Then we used a yellow crayon to mark yellow "survey pins" at the edge of each property. I am going to get some yellow push pins to put in there because we can't see the yellow crayon dots.
They used paper, popsicle sticks, and playdough to make for sale signs. Then each kid chose a lot to "sell". Well, no one's buying until someone gets jobs and makes money to buy LOLOL (that's another day!)
Today we worked out the taxable value of their ground. They decided to have each property value at $50 an acre, and then they chose their asking price for the lot they are selling.
The lots range right now from 1.65 acres to 2.1 acres. They were pretty proud of themselves.
Tomorrow we are working out yearly taxes for their lots, and they are going to decide their jobs.
Today they decided minimum wage to be $5 an hour.
DD is a horse critter. DS1 is a kitty, DS1 is a kitty, and DS3 is a frog.
Right now everyone is renting space at Bookshelf Apartments until they are able to buy and build their homes.
Going to be scouting out some small cardboard boxes for their homes in the makings. I also have small scrap pieces of material that I am going to use to sew them some curtains, toy pillows, bedding, etc so they can purchase items for their homes.
I am ready for a nap!
