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A huge thanks to my friend and co-op cohort, Heidi Rider, for contributing her gigantic list of Indiana field trips; she spent hours and hours compiling the trips around our great state. Another thanks to the Interest Led Homeschooling Facebook group as well as the IAHE Facebook group for sharing more great field trip ideas. Feel […]
A huge thanks to my friend and co-op cohort, Heidi Rider, for contributing her gigantic list of Indiana field trips; she spent hours and hours compiling the trips around our great state. Another thanks to the Interest Led Homeschooling Facebook group as well as the IAHE Facebook group for sharing more great field trip ideas. Feel […]
A huge thanks to my friend and co-op cohort, Heidi Rider, for contributing her gigantic list of Indiana field trips; she spent hours and hours compiling the trips around our great state. Another thanks to the Interest Led Homeschooling Facebook group as well as the IAHE Facebook group for sharing more great field trip ideas. Feel […]
A huge thanks to my friend and co-op cohort, Heidi Rider, for contributing her gigantic list of Indiana field trips; she spent hours and hours compiling the trips around our great state. Another thanks to the Interest Led Homeschooling Facebook group as well as the IAHE Facebook group for sharing more great field trip ideas. Feel […]
A huge thanks to my friend and co-op cohort, Heidi Rider, for contributing her gigantic list of Indiana field trips; she spent hours and hours compiling the trips around our great state. Another thanks to the Interest Led Homeschooling Facebook group as well as the IAHE Facebook group for sharing more great field trip ideas. Feel […]
A huge thanks to my friend and co-op cohort, Heidi Rider, for contributing her gigantic list of Indiana field trips; she spent hours and hours compiling the trips around our great state. Another thanks to the Interest Led Homeschooling Facebook group as well as the IAHE Facebook group for sharing more great field trip ideas. "There's […]
Maple Syrup Festival? Yes, please! We visited LM Sugarbush, and we loved it! Maple Syrup . . . the old-fashioned way. Making maple sugar the old-old-fashioned way (putting hot rocks into a hollowed log with sap)! Lots of stringed instruments making fun music together! Sawing a log together. We had a great sun-shiny day at […]
A few weeks ago our homeschooling cooperative had the opportunity to visit The Bone Zone at Minnetrista. We started with the Hokey Pokey. We learned all the ingredients for healthy bones– sunshine (Vitamin D), calcium, exercise, hormones, and healthy weight. We had fun exploring the exhibit! We built a skeleton. And we learned what's inside […]
A few weeks ago, we rowed Harold and the Purple Crayon (FIAR Volume II). We started off the week with a co-op class. Painting the color wheel. Drawing lots of purple chalk lines. Gobbling strawberry, apple, peach-blueberry, and pumpkin goodness at our own pie picnic. We continued the learning at home. We watched a […]
I heart field trips. Not all of you heart field trips (and that's okay), but I hope you take at least a few each year. If you do, here are ten tips for making your field trip frenzied mornings go a bit smoother–leaving you less frazzled for the day ahead. Of course, none of you have mornings […]
You don't have to break the bank to field trip often and much. Some trips are available to you at no charge, and others you can visit at a discounted price. Free Field Trip Ideas This is a tried and true list; we've taken field trips to almost every destination below! And they were all […]
When I was a preschooler, my mom subscribed to the Dr. Seuss reading club. Once a month a new book came for me, and one month it was Marvin K. Mooney. I was obsessed with this book. I loved the words. I loved to read them over and over again. I know I am taking these […]
I like to take days off. Sometimes Mondays. Sometimes Tuesdays. Sometimes Wednesdays. You get the idea. So I sneak in extra days {field trips} whenever I can (sometimes in summer, sometimes on Saturdays), and I always count them {yes, as school days}. Here are some of our sneak-in days from July, August, and September. […]
. . . and get the stink off! I once asked a veteran homeschool mom what she'd do differently if she had it to do over again. She didn't hesitate in her reply, "More field trips." My favorite. For real. Just call me Miss Frizzle because I love field trips. If I had a Magic […]
Elijah really loved reading Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland last year. Even though the book has some strange moments, he enjoyed it and begged us to buy Through the Looking Glass (and we did!). When my friend told me that it was showing at Pulse Opera House, I knew I had to take him to see it. […]
A more experienced homeschool mom of two high schoolers told me that if she could do it over again, she would go on more field trips. I took it to heart. We’ve been using our zoo membership, our children’s museum membership, hitting plays & ballets, and just getting out! Field trips are a huge […]
We took a tour of Kokomo Opalescent Glass for our Clown of God field trip. This was one of my favorite field trips of the year! If you live far, far away, you can take the virtual tour. (If you live close, just go!) My favorite part was observing the melted glass right […]
If you are studying countries or cultures this year (all of your Five in a Row fans, take note), you might want to take a field trip to Cost Plus World Market. You can stop, shop, go (home), and eat your way around the world! We visited last week on the look-out for some foods […]
They ate pancakes, pancakes (and more pancakes…and sausage). They saw planes, planes, and more planes. And some helicopters, too. And even a B-17 bomber. It was a great plane-watching day for the Brainerd boys!
"I can remember when Wilbur and I could hardly wait for morning to come to get at something that interested us. That’s happiness!" –Orville Wright I just love that quote (I saw it while on the field trip), so I had to post it! I wonder how many of our children have something they can’t […]