Homeschool Memoirs #11

 
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THEME:

“This week I’d like to invite you to share your favourite field-trip that you’ve been able to go on since you’ve started homeschool. I’d encourage you to include photos, but you don’t have to.”

I guess our favorite field trip has been the Natural History Museum a few towns over from us.  It has a lot of  different things to see and learn about.  Not exactly Creation based but we still have a good time going.  When we go on field trips Chord likes to bring his sketch book so he can draw the different things he see's.  He just loves to draw :).  We have gone there a few times and I know we all look forward to going again.  They also have a planetarium that is so cool to see too!! We all could spend all day there LOL!  Here are some pics from one of the times we went.  I hope you enjoy.

Our Field Trip and Learing to Ride a Bike

Well the field trip went well!! Jarod even did pretty good for being afraid of dogs. At first I had to hold him. I held him for a while. He didn't scream or anything but he was hanging around my neck for dear life LOL. I didn't want him frightened to death so I didn't mind holding him (though he is six years old and you know he's no toddler size lol) as the tour went on he finally got off me and walked. He even pet some small dogs that were in training. He even let the vet's dog (a boxer) go past him without trying to climb on me like he was at the start LOL. He didn't pet that dog and when the dog did go by he got really close to me lol. But he didn't scream his head off. It's progress anyway ).

Chord is a little afraid of dogs but he did really well and even pet the Vet's dog! At the beginning he was a little apprehensive but as the tour went on he did really well. He even used a plastic Synge thing to feed the Vet's dog some baby food. It was a demonstration on how they would give the dog's medicine.

I am very proud of my boy's :D. They were a little afraid but did it anyway! I made sure I kept praising the boy's for being so brave. Even when I had to hold Jarod I was telling him your doing so good Jarod. Look you aren't screaming or crying. Look how brave you are. I think that really helped the boy's relax and enjoy the tour. They got some free things during the tour. They got a coloring book, a plastic syringe (not the one they fed the dog with lol) that had M&M's in it, a measuring cup and a sticker. After the tour the boy's were saying how much fun they had. I am so proud of them :D.

On another good note. I will have to post pics tomorrow hopefully, Jarod learned how to ride a bike without training wheels!!!! He used his old bike which is a little small for him to learn. See his new bike he really isn't quite tall enough so I didn't feel safe for him to take his training wheels off that one just yet. So we took them off his old bike and he was riding it in no time. What was funny though was being Jarod he wouldn't really watch where he was going. He would look either at his feet or every where but head on LOL. So he would accidentally turn really sharp and fall. He just got back up and tried again. My little trooper LOL. He's really getting it down. Won't be taking off his training wheels on his new bike though till he's a bit taller or I feel safer with him riding him.

I know with Jarod once he has it down he's going to be trying to do tricks LOL. He's our little dare-devil. Glad he has knee pads, elbow pads, and wrist pads along with a helmet. Pray he doesn't beat his self up too much LOL. He's already been talking about doing wheelies LOL. Don't know if my poor heart will be able to take it LOL. I don't have the pics and video uploaded but I hope to do that tomorrow. So hopefully I will have them up on here tomorrow! How was your day?

Plans for the Weekend

Not much happening today other than it being really humid! We only have a window air conditioner so we put it in our room and it cools down our room and the boy's room. So we have been in our rooms for most of the day LOL.

Anyway tomorrow I have a meeting with some MOMS Club moms because the new board members (me and other moms) will be learning about what our jobs will be like and what we need like paper work and the like. If you remember I will be the new Secretary in the group. It will also be like a girls night out so that should be nice.

Sat. the boy's have a field trip with a homeschool group to a Veterinary Clinic where they will listen to a dogs heartbeat and look at worms in a microscope (eww). I think the boy's will enjoy it though. Jarod has even agreed to go even though he's afraid of dog's LOL. We shall see how he does LOL. Other than that not much going on. How is everyone else spending the weekend?

Field Trips and Homeschooling

Well I wasn't sure on what to post about since my day wasn't too adventurous. Unless you count going to the Laundromat and doing laundry adventurous (no kids this time hehe). So Anne gave me the idea of talking about field trips for homeschoolers.

You would be surprised what there is to find for field trips. A lot of them might be free or inexpensive. There are the regular places like the zoo, museums or are museums but there are other places too. The best place to look is in your community calendars. I think you can find them at your local Library website. Or you can ask your local Librarian for a copy of the community calendar. You might find a lot of cool things you might not have known about to take your children too.

You can also check with local places for free tours. Especially if you can get a few people to go. Like for instance on the 7th of June the boy's(all though Jarod might not he's afraid of dogs LOL), another homeschool family or two and I are going to a veterinary clinic for a free tour. They will listen to a dog's heart beat and also get to look in a microscope and look at worms (eww lol). Along with some other things. Also bowling Alley's might have free tours too on how they work. We had that tour through the MOMS Club. You can always ask local places if they offer or willing to do these things. It's really neat way to know your community and learn new things. Even for yourself.

Another to look for is your State Parks. The boy's and another homeschool friend of ours went to a State Park and we learned about squirrels and went on a nature walk. It was really fun and the boy's loved it!!....Know a local farm? On another MOMS Club event we went to a local dairy farm and got to see how one works with milking cows and all. Even got some ice cream afterwards LOL.

So as you can see there are a lot of options out there and a lot of them maybe free (which is good with this economy and gas prices lol) or at a reasonable price. I didn't know a lot of these things till I started homeschooling and doing my research. It was good too that I found another homeschool mom and we worked together to do these things too. I hope this has been helpful for those new to homeschooling :D.

Wow seems like forever since I blogged last LOL. We have just been on the go lately and being outside a lot since the weather has been treating us well LOL. Yesterday the boy's and I got a bit of a sunburn from being outside. Dummy me forgot to put sunscreen on them till later. I am usually pretty good about that but I think because the weather has been so finicky I just didn't think about it. Luckily no one is really complaining and it isn't a bad burn or anything.

This coming week is a busy week again for us. Monday hubby and I talked about taking the boy's to the Zoo. They don't know that yet though shh LOL. Then Tuesday we have a field trip to go to with a homeschool group in Ohio to see how the Pilgrims lived and they will get to do some hands on things there too. I know they will have fun. Thursday is Science Club which I am in charge of with the MOMS Club. We have one experiment but I need to look for a couple more. We have just been so busy lately I haven't had time to look to much.

Well I am off to catch up on some blog hopping LOL. I hope everyone has a great weekend.