by Patricia | Apr 14, 2014 | Field Trips, Home Schooling, Reading
I had the pleasure to discover GoogleLitTrips.com, a website that offers free downloadable files that mark the journeys of characters from famous literature on the surface of Google Earth. Or as they say “3-dimensionalize the reading experience by placing...
by Patricia | Apr 11, 2014 | Curriculum Reviews, Field Trips, Home Schooling, Science
All three of us here at home have really enjoyed watching the 2 Curiosity Quest DVDs that were sent to us for free, in exchange for my review as a member of The Old Schoolhouse Review Crew. Curiosity Quest is a family educational program that explores different...
by Patricia | Mar 28, 2014 | Field Trips, Home Schooling
We had the pleasure -literally- of going on a field trip to Schakolad Chocolate Factory in Miami Beach. Thanks to Lesley Ulloa for putting together this event for all of us PATH homeschoolers, we had a wonderful time! In truth, the venue was more a chocolate store...
by Patricia | Mar 12, 2014 | Field Trips, Home Schooling
Our big, big thanks to Nichole for organizing this PATH’s (our homeschool coop) field trip to the spectacular Dezer Collection Auto Museum in North Miami. Truly an astounding collection of all things transportation, beginning with Ford’s legendary Model...
by Patricia | Feb 18, 2014 | Field Trips, Home Schooling
When HOME, our homeschool coop in Miami Beach, announced a field trip to Jungle Island, I just had to sign us up right away. I’ve been in Miami 15 years, yet a visit to this place had continued to elude me till now. We get Amanda at HOME to thank (thanks...
by Patricia | Nov 15, 2013 | Field Trips, Home Schooling
Nature Study for Kids in Florida Going to the Everglades on field trips has been not only fun, but reenergizing as well. We’ve seen our share of alligators basking in the sun awfully close to us hikers, beautiful anhinga birds fiercely chasing their prey,...
