My grandma and grandpa just recently bought a nice house with 5 acres of almost ready to harvest fruit trees and garden. What a blessing, right? My aunt and two cousins live with them and their old house was just getting smaller and smaller, so they prayed for God to find them a house while their's was on the market. Well, their house sold before they found another one and they were beginning to get nervous. But, God came through just in time. They are still waiting for the owner of the new house to move out, so my aunt and two cousins are staying with us while they wait and it has been exactly what the title entails.
My aunt has also decided to start home schooling her kids, so they aren't going to a 'school'. They are here all day with us. And because it's been in the 100s recently, leaving the nice air conditioned house has not really been an option. We've been to McDonald's play place, Chuck E. Cheese, the park and the swimming hole, but it's not enough. So, we have been brainstorming on some ideas of what we could do for fun and education. -Alright, what we've been doing recently is not very educational-. Does anyone have any ideas? We live in Northern California in a small, very small, mobile home. Going to the park is fine, but I am trying to think of some ideas to jazz it up. Nature hike, animal studies, etc. Also, any fun, educational crafts. Whatever you think of, go ahead and leave a comment! We would love to consider whatever it is! :D
My aunt has also decided to start home schooling her kids, so they aren't going to a 'school'. They are here all day with us. And because it's been in the 100s recently, leaving the nice air conditioned house has not really been an option. We've been to McDonald's play place, Chuck E. Cheese, the park and the swimming hole, but it's not enough. So, we have been brainstorming on some ideas of what we could do for fun and education. -Alright, what we've been doing recently is not very educational-. Does anyone have any ideas? We live in Northern California in a small, very small, mobile home. Going to the park is fine, but I am trying to think of some ideas to jazz it up. Nature hike, animal studies, etc. Also, any fun, educational crafts. Whatever you think of, go ahead and leave a comment! We would love to consider whatever it is! :D
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Oh... what about Art Museums...
some of my most lovely
Homeschool memories are
touring museums with other
homeschoolers! :) Yes...
nature walks are lovely
too! :)
Lots of Love~ Miss Jen
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I'm a college student living at home, as well as a homeschool graduate and eldest of 8 (going on 9) children - we've been homeschooled all our lives. I think it's really great!
Hmm...as for ideas...my siblings and I have always been more so outside people - loved doing nature study and science projects, and now we're blessed to live on 22 acres with animals, a swimming pool and pond, but our dad is retired military and we used to have lots of different housing situations. We always loved "read alouds", in which our mom would read aloud the Bible and History to us while we each had our own clip boards to draw pictures on. We used the Five in a Row curriculum during that time, and it was wonderful because it designed a unit study with hands-on projects to go along with different story books.
We really enjoyed the audio dramas from "Your Story Hour" as well. They have lots of interesting episodes about historical characters and events.
There are also great educational word games that we love, such as "Apples to Apples", "You've Been Sentenced", and "Scattergories". Try looking them up, they're tons of fun - even my younger siblings love participating!
Take care and MAY GOD BLESS,
~Amanda~
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