Archive for the 'Outings' Category
Forecast is…cool
Yazan: Clint | 05 December 2011 | 1 Comment
Categories: Outings
In more ways than one. Cold and wet and rainy out today—just as forecast on WFAA.com. Our local news outlet’s website—channel 8 here—is a daily stop for Angelina. For years now she’s been a hound about the weather, checking it first thing when she gets up, and throughout the day. (It never rains enough for [...]
Movie magic
Yazan: Clint | 05 March 2011 | No Comments
Categories: Outings
Before we started the school year, I knew I wanted to take the kids on some “behind-the-scenes” field trips. That is, I wanted to get them into some local businesses and institutions to show them how the world works. How their world works. I had several places in mind from the start: police station, fire [...]
Lessons from the grave(yard)
Yazan: Clint | 20 February 2011 | 1 Comment
Categories: Lessons, Outings
In their Montessori school, the kids never had a dedicated history class. What they learned of history was learned through the lens of social studies. That was much too restrictive for my taste, and we knew wanted them to be exposed to history directly as part of our homeschooling. As an introduction to that, I [...]
Camp Classen
Yazan: Clint | 18 October 2010 | No Comments
Categories: Outings
A homeschool day at Camp Classen in Davis, OK.
Setting SAIL
Yazan: Clint | 14 September 2010 | No Comments
Categories: Outings
It was a foregone conclusion that as part of homeschooling we would be joining some homeschooling groups, if only to find some friends for the kids who would share a similar schedule. The bonus would be the chance to trade ideas and experiences with other homeschooling parents as well as partake in group field trips, [...]
Visit to the Heritage Farmstead Museum
Yazan: Carole | 26 August 2010 | No Comments
Categories: Outings
Grandma Colleen and Grandpa Del took the kids to the Heritage Farmstead Museum this morning, and good times were had by all. : ) Angelina went there last year with her class at Pebblecreek, but neither of the others had seen it yet. I asked the kids to tell me about it, and here’s what [...]
