We’ve been a great many field trips in all the years I’ve homeschooled. We started homeschooling in 2001. I began blogging about it in 2005, and many of our field trips have been documented in some fashion here. I still have a ton to get blogged, but homeschooling got ahead of me – my eldest […]
Field Trip Foto Friday: Meramec Caverns
Only sixty short minutes from the St. Louis Arch is the buried underground cave where Jessie James once hid from authorities. His ‘strong box’ safe (from the train robbery at Gadshill, Missouri) and a few of his rifles still remain in the cave. Even farther back in history, the Meramec Cave (nicknamed “America’s favorite cave”) […]
Day 5 of The Longest Field Trip: St. Louis, MO
I’m finally getting the photos from the ‘longest field trip’ we took in April up. There’s just no excuse other than life itself for how behind I am. I can’t believe it has been this long since we drove up to Michigan. Seems like yesterday. It is nice having a ton of photos to remember […]
The Longest Field Trip…. continued….
These are some of the photos from Day 4 of our extended Robotics “field trip” that we took from Texas to Michigan and back. I know it is late in coming, but I figured I would dish it out on a Friday when I’m supposed to be doing “Field Trip Foto Friday” anyway. If you […]
Field Trip Foto Friday: Houston Ship Channel Tour
The Houston Ship Channel (Port of Houston) is one of the busiest ports in the world. We took our field trip to the ship channel while we were studying about sunken ships. An added bonus to this field trip is the fact that it is FREE. It was fun to see all the ships and […]
Field Trip Foto Friday: Armand Bayou Nature Center
From the Armand Bayou Nature Center’s Website: The Center’s core consists of a boardwalk through the forest and marshes, live animal displays, educational signage, bison and prairie platforms, butterfly gardens and an 1800’s farm site. These venues are part of the Center’s vision of a “Discovery Loop” educational tour of ABNC, its habitats and Texas […]
Field Trip Foto Friday: Brazos Bend State Park
Today’s field trip spotlight is Brazos Bend State Park. Camping, Nature Center, Observatory, Fishing and more! We went on a camping trip with our friends at the end of the school-year and really had a blast. This photo is of Kaden on the gator hike with a little blue dragon fly on his snout. This […]
