Designing a home-centered life: learning, exploring, and creating with our five littles
Chicago was our main destination in Illinois (50 States Before They Graduate!). First excitement, riding the double decker train to Union Station. Next, roaming through the stalls of a German Christmas market at which we eventually bought 3 wooden swords and 2 ornaments. : ) As per our usual, we roamed the streets of … [Read more...]
We're so excited to hit all "Fifty States Before They Graduate." We love to travel anyway, so this goal was immediately appealing to us. One way we've decided to make this more feasible for our family is to plan stops in a new state with every trip we take. We have family spread around the country, so we take trips to a few states … [Read more...]
This past Friday, our family visited the Philadelphia Museum of Art with several other families from our CC Community. I think this was the first visit to the art museum for most, if not all, of our littles. The parents were brave and the littles were amazing! The museum is just beautiful inside & is in such a cool … [Read more...]
After spending our morning with our CC community, we stopped at the local library for a bit. The littles enjoyed some computer time and each picked plenty of books. We came home with quite a good stack! Another CC mom organized a trip for our group to a local family-owned dairy farm. We visited last year and had so much fun, … [Read more...]
Okay, so we're one cycle late on this field trip to Ellis Island. It was on our short list of places nearby to visit over the summer, but we never quite made it. We kept pushing it back, but still wanted to make it there before it became too cold. So, this past Friday, my husband took the day off and we made a day trip out of it. … [Read more...]
I and another mom coordinate four optional field trips a year for our CC community. We try to find ones that will in some way match up with topics we're learning in our designated cycle and can appeal to a wide range of ages. Today we took our first trip of the year - to Crystal Cave in Kutztown, PA. There was a 15 minute video on … [Read more...]
After visiting The Creation Museum this week, we can add Kentucky to the list of states we've visited before they graduate. (Oh & maybe Ohio too, if stopping for lunch there counts!)To help them remember their time at each new place, my littles pick a postcard. We bring the postcards home, write their favorite aspect of the trip on the … [Read more...]
Travel AdventuresOver the summer, we've taken trips to a few places nearby that corresponded to events or places we learned about in cycle 3. We still have a few more on our wish list, but we're running out of time! How about you? Any fun summer travel trips taken or planned? p.s. - Don't you just love Brandy's idea of traveling … [Read more...]
Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania & The Strasburg RailroadRecently our family joined our CC group in a field trip to the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania & The Strasburg Railroad. We had such a fun time! Our family was in a group with Steve as our guide. He was attentive & relaxed with our young students. … [Read more...]
Geography - Delaware CanalBeing in the northeast, we are in such close proximity to so many great spots from early American history. It has really been a treat to learn about moments in history & visit the exact locations! As you know, we learned about canals this week in geography. Here are some pics from our afternoon trip … [Read more...]