"Explorer Spirit…Servant Heart…"
Posted in HOMESCHOOL on Dec 4th, 2013
Glad I caught these shots. It’s something we see every week, I just never thought to take a picture. The park where we spend our Thursday afternoons is located next to a middle school. While we are at the park, students from the school run around the fields for P.E. Our kids line up to […]
Posted in HOMESCHOOL on Nov 25th, 2013
A little glimpse of our Thursdays…
Posted in HOMESCHOOL on Nov 25th, 2013
I remember going to McDonald’s for a field trip around third grade. I remember feeling special that we were allowed to go behind the counter and see where all the magic happens. Our homeschool group had the opportunity to have a similar experience at Fuddruckers in Citrus Heights. The owner was our host […]
Posted in HOMESCHOOL on Oct 27th, 2013
Can you believe that pizza gets a the whole month of October to celebrate it’s cheesy goodness? My friend, Shanti, and I, along with my honorary sister Michelle, took the kids on our first annual Pizza Trail! We went to three different independent pizzerias in one afternoon and ordered one medium cheese pizza. The kids […]
Posted in HOMESCHOOL on Oct 25th, 2013
A fun day in Apple Hill with our homeschool group….
Posted in HOMESCHOOL on Oct 1st, 2013
Krispy Kreme hosts ‘Dress Like a Pirate Day’ every year. If you arrived dressed like a pirate, you receive a free dozen doughnuts! (Last year, each person got a free dozen. This year, they limited one per family.) We met up with our friends (Christie and Colleen), and had a fun morning…
Posted in HOMESCHOOL on Sep 30th, 2013
Our homeschool group went on a field trip to the Home Depot Garden Department! They did an amazing job with our little gang. Setting ground rules.. Touring the department. We learned about how we need to prepare and support the soil, and what grows best in this area. The boys were really into smelling the […]
Posted in HOMESCHOOL on Aug 30th, 2013
My friend, Grace, created a Science lab for the kids. They wrote out a worksheet that contained the states within “Tornado Alley”… …they watched a video on Tornadoes and Twisters… …they placed shaving cream over water and placed food coloring in the shaving cream. Waited for the color to fall through the shaving cream to […]
Posted in HOMESCHOOL on Aug 26th, 2013
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Posted in HOMESCHOOL on Aug 20th, 2013
Our family attended an astronomy lecture given by J. Timothy Unruh. He brought a massive telescope for us to look through. We were able to see the moon super close, and see the craters. The best part, though, was getting to see SATURN! It was super small in the telescope, bigger than a pinhead, smaller […]