Each year at our school, we mirror the Yukon Quest sled dog race with a Yukon Quest Reading Race. The kids pick about 6 teams and a teacher and they read and read and see how many pages they can get at the end of about two or three weeks. It is a really fun and awesome way to get kids to read. But the kickoff day is the most fun. All the kids and teachers and many parents participate in sled races with the kids as "dogs" and the sponsoring teacher is the "musher". For the last four years I have been the race "veterinarian" and have been at the Dawson City checkpoint with a mandatory 2 minute layover. Here are some fun pictures of the day. Of course, no fun day would be complete without lunch. So we had hot dogs, chili and hot tang. Yum!!
The kindergarteners taking a potty break before the race. Mrs. Wease keeps them in line!!
The school grounds serve as the race course. These flags are all the checkpoints where each team has to get the initials of the parent or person who is standing there.
One of the other parents at her checkpoint.
And they're off.....
Heidi N. acting like a fiesty lead dog!!
And the last team crosses the finish line.
Grant on the back of the sled, holding onto the girls. :)
Pretty Katie
Pretty Heidi and the fur hat her daddy got her in Ft. Yukon. :)
Here I am checking out the "dogs" and making sure they can continue the race.
Then it's time for food!!!
6 comments:
Vonnie, How interesting! What was the temperature that day? Carson is excited about Drew's buffalo.
A. Linda,
It was about 15 degrees above zero that day.
Too funny to see Dr. Vonnie the Vet, LOL. What a fun idea though!
Hot TANG??? Oh, my! I don't think I could handle that. Looks like a run time, though. And Heidi did look warm!
Oops, meant FUN time! But I guess they did run a little bit, too, huh?
Looks like fun and COLD! enjoyed the video clip too!
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