Category: Field trips
Corn Maze Field Trip
| October 25, 2011 | Posted by Karen under Field trips, Homeschool |
A few weeks back our homeschool group took a field trip to an amazing corn maze. Each year the maze is in a different shape of an animal. To find your way out of the maze, there are mailboxes at various intersections and within is a question about the animal. Answer correctly and you know which way to go!
My team obviously didn’t know much about turtles……last again.
We went round and round and finally after what seemed like forever we escaped achieved victory!
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TeenPact Leadership Day!
| April 9, 2011 | Posted by Karen under Field trips |
Nate, Emmy and a few other teens from our homeschool group went on a wonderful expedition yesterday. They got to spend the day participating in a speech and art of debate class through TeenPact leadership schools. They had a fabulous time and learned an immense amount of information on public speaking. Nate said it was a wonderful, God honoring class and he would do it again in a heartbeat. Emmy said it was fun being challenged to not only know the truth, but to learn how to present the truth with interest and clarity.
The kids had to dress in business attire and present themselves in a professional way. It was fun having Emmy try on some of my blazers and skirts. She looked so grown up!
So what is TeenPact? TeenPact is a dynamic, hands-on leadership school for Christian students. Their mission is to train youth to understand the political process, value their liberty, defend their Christian faith and engage the culture at a time in their lives when, typically, they do not care about such things.
I highly encourage any other homeschoolers out there to participate in this wonderful opportunity if they are given the chance. My kids even want to do the 4-day leadership program next year.
While I was in Concord with Nate and Emmy, Lauren and Olivia got to spend the day with a dear friend of mine and they went to a museum called the Woodman Institute Museum. Both Lauren and Olivia came home with great stories and tons of information they were just busting to share! If you don’t live in the NH seacoast area, visit the link I provided and look at the wonderful website they have. It’s very interesting!
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Maple Syrup Field Trip
| March 20, 2011 | Posted by Karen under Field trips |
It’s been awhile since we’ve done a field trip so it was way overdue. With the nice warm days and really cold nights, the maple trees are really flowing and that means maple syrup time! We were invited by a very sweet young woman in our church to visit her place of work and watch maple syrup being made. The kids really enjoyed themselves and learned a great deal too. We also got to see some really huge horses. They were just magnificent and super friendly. It was a great day. So what did I learn about maple syrup? That is very time consuming and “heat” intensive work! No wonder it costs so much. I have a greater appreciation that’s for sure.
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Plimoth Plantation
| September 28, 2010 | Posted by Karen under Field trips |
A slow off and on drizzle with a cool ocean breeze helped really set the mood while we explored Plimoth Plantation. This field trip fit perfectly in with our school studies of American History. The kids had just finished up reading several different accounts of the early separatists, from their plights in Scrooby, England, to their dangerous trek to Holland, with the struggles of homesickness and culture clashes, to finally the dangerous and long journey to America.
What an awe inspiring thing to see the simple homes, gardens, and people reenacting the time. The kids really enjoyed putting a real picture in their minds after reading so many interesting biographies and books on these brave and strong people.
Walking inside the Mayflower, with the dampness and darkness, helped really cement into our minds the true hardships these people endured. I cannot even imagine bearing the cold, smells and hunger! I think how cold I am all the time, and I know it does not even begin to compare.
We also got to visit a Native American village, complete with “not much clothing” Natives. The kids, of course, got a kick, and a giggle, out that! They had the most interesting homes, that were far warmer than the Pilgrim’s homes! One interesting tid-bit was that each Native home was owned by the oldest female and every female in that home was related to her. The men married out of the home and into the family of his wife. I thought that was fascinating.
History is really coming alive for my kids and me this year as we delve into many great biographies, books and field trips.
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Freedom Trail
| April 7, 2010 | Posted by Karen under Field trips |
Here is a slide show of our field trip to Boston to walk the Freedom Trail. It was a gorgeous day full of wonderful and interesting sites.
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Mountain Lion at Squam Lake
| October 21, 2009 | Posted by Karen under Field trips |
A friend emailed me this picture of Olivia watching a mountain lion being fed a snack of mice.
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A Field Trip to Sturbridge Village
| November 7, 2008 | Posted by Karen under Field trips |
On Tuesday this week, we took a field trip to Sturbridge Village in Massachusetts. We couldn’t have asked for a more beautiful day to spend outside. It was like stepping back in time as we got to see how the early Americans lived. The kids got to see hands on demonstrations from the town’s people, from the saw mill, black smith, barrel maker, school teacher and homemaker, just to name a few. The kids (and moms) thoroughly enjoyed every minute. The boys got to take a class on woodworking and made a wooden spoon. The girls took a textiles class and learned how to work a loom. The town was very picturesque with all the fall leaves. 
We started the morning bright and early and left New Hampshire at 7 and didn’t get home till after 8 that night.
Our dogs sure were ready to go outside when we got home! I loved the adventure and it made me truly appreciate all the modern conveniences I have today. Let me remember that next time I think about complaining when I have to unload the dryer!
