The snow is falling outside while the level of excitement inside is rising by the minute. There is curriculum work to be done – there’s no escaping it in the end – but the pull of the white stuff has the kid in all of us chomping at the bit. So what’s the final verdict? School-Marm or Cool-Mom?
One of the marvelous benefits of homeschooling is that a love for creative learning cannot be dampened by the constraints of a traditional classroom. First, we’ll begin with a very simple equation that won’t leave you stumped: CREATIVITY = FUN. Next, we’ve come up with some fab-u-lous activities for you to experience right from your living room, and they are chock full of A-rated learning potential.
Days Ten to Twelve
We pulled out of our campground early on day ten to head for Yellowstone Park. In my mind’s eye, we were heading for a large forest with Old Faithful somewhere inside. Was I wrong! Not only was Yellowstone enormous, but it had such a variety of terrain that we could have easily spent a full week and left feeling like we had only scratched the surface. The park touches three states (Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming) and includes beautiful mountains, a huge lake-Yellowstone (as well as a number of smaller lakes), breathtaking canyons, vast plains, forests, geysers and hot springs.
Day Two
Today we discovered that our kids really are quite talented when we visited the Focus on the Family headquarters and Whit’s End. It was there that they had the opportunity to record their very own episode of Adventures in Odyssey and they were amazing! In fact, the sound tech commented that they were the best he had heard in a long time because they added their own personality to the script rather than simply reading it.
Forgot to add some of the other lessons we learned while hiking Pike’s Peak. These were the lessons the kids wanted me to share.
So, what did we learn today (other than some fascinating history about Pike’s Peak)?
I did it!
My eight year old learned that we are fearfully and wonderfully made and that when she puts her “I can’t do it” attitude away and puts her mind to it, she can do even those things which seem impossible!
