Today we decided to go on an adventure through time at the Missouri History Museum. Even though I've lived close to St. Louis for the majority of my life, I had somehow never gotten around to checking this museum out until now. I know, worst "St. Louisan" ever! (Unfortunately my photos from this trip are terrible quality. That's what I get for bringing my cell phone ... Read More
Travel Diaries: Our Trip to Wichita, Kansas Part 2
We are a family of travelers, especially when we can make our trips educational for our homeschool. We recently took a trip to Wichita, Kansas, and I'm so excited to share about the fun we had,and how we kept the trip educational for the girls. *Disclaimer: This trip was sponsored by Visit Wichita. We received this entire trip and all of our travel expenses completely ... Read More
Travel Diaries: Our Trip to Wichita, Kansas Part 1
As a family who loves to travel, we enjoy trying to see and experience as many new cities as possible. As a homeschooling family, we try to turn these trips into educational field trips whenever possible. Seeing the world first hand is so much better than reading about it in a textbook, so we try to travel and experience new places any chance we get. *Disclaimer: This ... Read More
How to Study Native Americans for Homeschool History
In our homeschool, my girls are proud to call themselves American Heritage Girls. We love this program for many reasons, but my favorite is because the service projects and badge work requirements fit perfectly with our homeschool style. Since the badge work is all educational, I get to log all of the time spent working on these badges (including meeting time) as school ... Read More
Celebrating the Dream: How We Studied Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in Our Homeschool
We all have dreams. Whether or not we put forth the effort to turn those dreams into a reality is another story. A long time ago, a very special man had a dream of his own. The actions he put forth to turn that dream into a reality many years ago is what makes this special man even more remarkable. That man was Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, and because of his ... Read More
Last Week in Our Homeschool and the Homeschool Nook Link Up #43
We have another great week of the Homeschool Nook Link Up Party for you, where bloggers all over the internet come to share their latest and greatest homeschool related posts. It's always fun to see how others are learning in their homeschool, so make sure you stick around and get inspired! First, we'd love to share about how we spend the last week in our own ... Read More
Roadschooling: Learning that Comes to Life
Roadschooling is something that is so intriguing to me. The hubsterdude and I have always been travelers, and because of this we have created three mini travelers as well. Being on the road is so enjoyable for us that my oldest once told me she liked the driving part more than the destination sometimes. Having kids who love to travel as much as we do has made life so much more ... Read More
Field Trip: St. Louis Science Center
This week I've been sharing all about the various field trips we went on while our family was visiting from out of town. It was just one of a few ways I still kept our week educational even though we were busy catching up with our loved ones. One of the field trips we went on was the St. Louis Science Center! ... Read More
Field Trip: Pumpkin Picking at Stuckmeyer’s Farms
A few days ago I told you about how we managed to incorporate schoolwork into our day when we had family visiting from out of town. During their stay, we managed to squeeze in a couple field trips, and today I want to tell you about our pumpkin picking field trip at Stuckmeyer Farms! ... Read More
Field Trip: St. Louis Zoo
One of the best parts of living in the St. Louis area is all of the free attractions, and the best one in this city (in my opinion) is by far the St. Louis Zoo! I've been to so many other cities, and their zoo's don't even compare and usually you have to pay some kind of an admission fee. For that reason we make it a point to never take advantage of how good we've got it here, ... Read More