I have attended a curriculum training hosted by the Department of Environmental Management for two years now. It is the best saturday of the year. A homeschool parent retreat in the woods, with free curriculum, activities and catered food. Kim Sullivan leads the training and she also agreed to take us out to do our first habitat assessment. It was…
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Solar System Day – Natural History Museum Class
Today was all about the Solar System at the monthly homeschool day. Kids made their own suns with labeled layers. Completed a quest. Learned about photo synthesis and moon rocks. Museum did a nice job, as always. It is a learning pack 2.5 hours.
EcoTarium – Worcester, MA
I surprised the kids this morning with a trip to a new museum – The EcoTarium of Worcester, Massachusetts. It was a gorgeous autumn drive to “Wooster”. We saw four other patrons the three hours we were there. Enjoying museums without the crowds is a noteable perk to homeschooling. The kids played for over an hour with bubbles. The outdoor…
Shaving Cream Painting
I had to substitute teach Katahdin’s co-op art class. We did shaving cream painting. It was so fun that we came home and did it again and again. It smelled great and made really nice marbled paper for cards. Supplies: Cardstock Baking pan White shaving cream (not gel) – One bottle will do fill pans Food coloring Fork Rubber…
Biomes Aquarium Class – North Kingstown
Biomes Marine Biology Center is an adorable private aquarium in North Kingstown. It is full of hands on exhibits, marine themed toys, and touch tanks. Walking through Biomes you get the distinct feeling that someone’s hobby has become their business and it makes you smile. They offer a monthly homeschoolers class on different marine topics. Their first class today was…