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My Favorite Florida Beaches

Family Fun, Field Trips, Geography, Travel, HomeschoolingApril 3, 2024514Views 0Likes 0Comments

Florida has the best beaches of all! And the prettiest blue skies. I’ve visited beaches in Cancun, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Dominican Republic, Delaware, New Jersey, Long Island, Cape Cod, and San Diego. None compare to Florida’s beaches or her beautiful blue skies. Maybe because her beaches are etched in my heart.

Let’s Visit Ponce Inlet, Florida

Family Fun, Field Trips, Geography, Travel, Homeschooling, Lifestyle of LearningJanuary 15, 2024171Views 0Likes 0Comments

Just south of Daytona Beach, Ponce Inlet is home to Florida’s tallest lighthouse. It’s 175 feet tall! Climbing to the top up the 203 steps is quite a workout, but the view is magnificent.

Let’s Visit the British Museum

Ancient History, Family Fun, Field Trips, Geography, Travel, History, Lifestyle of LearningOctober 3, 2023145Views 0Likes 0Comments

The British Museum, dedicated to human history, art, and culture, is located in London. British archaeologists have brought back treasures from all over the world to England. This massive building contains a fascinating collection of artifacts, statues, books, manuscripts, coins, metals, and so much more. You can see all these treasures at the British Museum.

Discover Geography Right Around the Corner

Family Fun, Field Trips, Geography, Travel, Homeschooling, Lifestyle of LearningJune 20, 2023176Views 0Likes 0Comments

If you are teaching geography this year, start right in your neighborhood with landforms, fauna (animals), flora (plants), and climate/weather. If you are on break or not teaching geography this year, whet your children’s appetite for geography by observing and exploring the geography all around you.

Spontaneous Field Trip: Ruins Near Me

Family Fun, Field Trips, History, HomeschoolingJune 6, 2023214Views 0Likes 0Comments

Googled “ruins near me” and guess what? That’s how my daughter found some old sugar mill and fort ruins we explored. It’s so fun to explore the ruins and imagine what life was like a century or two earlier.

Hands-On History & Humor at Pennsylvania Military Museum

American History, Family Fun, Field Trips, Geography, Travel, HomeschoolingMay 28, 2023218Views 0Likes 0Comments

One of the gems in Pennsylvania that is too-often missed is the Pennsylvania Military Museum in Boalsburg, Centre County, PA. The museum is located on the original training grounds of a mounted machine gun troop belonging to Col. Theodore Boal, and it’s an excellent homeschool field trip destination (and helps with the PA history requirement…

The Very Pirate-y Adventures of Rockford Park

Field Trips, Geography, Travel, Homeschooling, Lifestyle of LearningAugust 1, 2022242Views 0Likes 0Comments

I clicked on the flashlight and peered deep into the crevice. Scrutinizing. Surveying. Its twists quickly lost my light. But curiosity led me on as I squeezed between the giant boulders and into a winding cave in search of… what else? Treasure. And not just any treasure… pirate’s treasure!

Ultimate Extravagant USA Road Trip V: Pacific States & Territories

American History, Family Fun, Field Trips, Geography, TravelJuly 30, 2022213Views 0Likes 0Comments

On our whirlwind tour of the Pacific States and our five territories, we’ll see mountains, waterfalls, geysers, coves, bays, rugged coastline, and volcanoes. The Pacific states are one extreme to the other- from the tundra in Alaska to tropical Hawaii. Our 5 inhabited territories are all in the Tropics—3 in Ocean and 3 in the…

An Emotional Visit to the 9/11 Memorial

21st Century History, American History, Field Trips, Geography, Travel, HomeschoolingJuly 29, 2022213Views 0Likes 0Comments

My husband had to represent his company at a trade show and he invited me along. He had a few hours each afternoon for sightseeing and at the top of his wish list for the trip was a visit to the 911 Memorial and the World Trade Center. I was eager to go with him.

Discover the Land of Lincoln in Illinois

American History, Family Fun, Field Trips, Geography, Travel, HomeschoolingJuly 25, 2022329Views 0Likes 0Comments

Guest Blogger Cynthia Heren: “It’s here in the center of the state where Illinois gets its motto as the Land of Lincoln. Our 16th president, Abraham Lincoln, was born in rural Kentucky and grew up in Indiana, but as an adult he built his career as a lawyer in Illinois until he became President where…