Showing posts with label Homeschool Perks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Homeschool Perks. Show all posts
Sure, I could send them to school...
I Could...
I could send her to school,
And from 8:00-3:00 have no clue.
How many times she laughed,
How many times she learned,
How many times she questioned,
How many times she understood,
How many times she wanted more information,
How many times she bounced in her chair from excitement,
How many times she was proud of something she did.
I could send her to school and she could get her exercise and sunshine,
In 20 minute doses, if she had on the right shoes, and no one
misbehaved and everyone was quiet.
I could send her to school
And let her eat the processed high fat, low nutrition fare they feed
millions of children a day,
if she had enough time to eat and didn't talk too loud and if no
one grabbed her food.
Or...
I could homeschool her.
by Karen Cagle
http://homeschoolgi
Did someone say fieldtrip?
I just love a good fieldtrip. Don't you?
I sometimes wish we never had to learn math and reading and writing and instead all we needed to do all day was go to really neat places and have loads of fun. I could get used to that.
SIGH.
Today we went on a great field-trip organized and hosted by the homeschool charter school we are part of-IDEA. It was incredible.
First we visited the Boise Art Museum and got a great art lesson about quilts. We learned about several elements of design, including contrasting color, symmetry, pattern, and texture. We were able to study some beautiful antique American quilts. Quilting is truly an amazing art form.
Then the kids got to make their own quilts, using sticky board and fabric scraps.We were short on time for that activity. I thought the kids did great whipping up quilts so quickly. It was surprising to see after all the talk on symmetry and pattern that a majority of the kids preferred to make crazy quilts.
Crazy Quilts are pretty fun to look at!
Here are Josef and Ian's quilts.
After the Boise Art Museum we headed over to the Idaho State Historical Museum. There we got a very entertaining talk on the story artifacts tell us about history and human progress. The kids participated in an activity were they had to try to identify the use of unknown artifacts. This was fun! Some of the interesting ones were
an atalatal,
old pot scrubber,
an ox lead,
(which went in their nose and looked like a clamp with a leather strap attached-OUCH!)
a laundry scrubber ,
and some pressed tea bricks.
Overall, it was a day well spent learning new things.
Homeschool Perk #1 Personal Museum Tours
Homeschooling may be challenging at times, but it also comes with some serious perks! In this series of posts I will be exploring all the small benefits and surprising treats that come with a homeschooling lifestyle.
Children’s Discovery Room at the Museum of Idaho in Idaho Falls, ID
Homeschool Perk #1 Personal Museum Tours
I love going on field trips in the middle of a school day, in the middle of the week. You usually get whatever venue you are visiting all to yourself. My most favorite thing to do is visit local city or county museums. In the middle of the week, they are usually completely empty. These types of museums cost very little or are free. And you get the energetic and knowledgeable museum attendant all to yourselves for a personalized tour.
Although this type of personalized attention during your visit is not guaranteed you, you can pretty much count on it. Most city or county museum attendants are senior citizens with a passion for history and they love to share their tales of life "in the old days". This enthusiastic hosts really help history come alive for our family. We have even been able to touch things that may have otherwise been hands-off in displays because of these personalized tours. They are like living history books, and the museum is a giant visual aid of their past.
So visit a local history museum and have a living history lesson
today!
Idaho Association of Museums has a great list of museums throughout the state of Idaho.
Children’s Discovery Room at the Museum of Idaho in Idaho Falls, ID
Homeschool Perk #1 Personal Museum Tours
I love going on field trips in the middle of a school day, in the middle of the week. You usually get whatever venue you are visiting all to yourself. My most favorite thing to do is visit local city or county museums. In the middle of the week, they are usually completely empty. These types of museums cost very little or are free. And you get the energetic and knowledgeable museum attendant all to yourselves for a personalized tour.
Although this type of personalized attention during your visit is not guaranteed you, you can pretty much count on it. Most city or county museum attendants are senior citizens with a passion for history and they love to share their tales of life "in the old days". This enthusiastic hosts really help history come alive for our family. We have even been able to touch things that may have otherwise been hands-off in displays because of these personalized tours. They are like living history books, and the museum is a giant visual aid of their past.
So visit a local history museum and have a living history lesson
today!
Idaho Association of Museums has a great list of museums throughout the state of Idaho.
