Field Trips for Learning Field trips are an important aspect of education as kids get to see, hear, and do as you explore your community. Oral histories and hands-on experiences lead to discovery learning, and this kind of learning really sticks. Kids recall things they’ve heard from the people who experienced them much more than […]
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Living History: Real Teens Meet A Real Hero
Real Teens Meet a Real Hero Our Real Teens Read literature group had the privilege of meeting a real hero. After reading Anne Frank’s Diary of a Young Girl and Number the Stars by Lois Lowry, discussing both books, and learning some background history, we arranged a field trip to meet a Holocaust survivor and hear […]
Field Trip: Suber’s Mill
Field Trip to the Old Grist Mill #yeahThatGreenville This post may contain affiliate links. Please read my disclosure policy. Have you ever strayed off the beaten path? Sometimes, the best field trips are the ones that take you to places you wouldn’t think of going otherwise. And, it’s so much fun to discover history in […]
Field Trip: Paris Mountain State Park
Paris Mountain State Park in upstate South Carolina is a fun place for a fall nature walk. The lush forest is alive with vibrant colors this time of year, and we love how the trees reflect in the lake to double the dazzling effect of the colorful foliage. Paris Mountain State Park was […]
Field Trip: YMCA Camp Greenville
Animal Adventures As we meandered up the mountain to arrive early in the morning for our field trip to Homeschool Adventure Day, we were greeted by a pair of deer with their fawn jumping across the road. Mommy doe nuzzled her little one and kept it close while daddy buck stood guard, and they paused […]
Upstate SC Field Trip: Happy Cow Creamery
Happy Cow Creamery Field Trip We went on a field trip to a beautiful dairy farm and creamery that produces our favorite milk, Happy Cow. The cows are allowed to roam free in beautiful wooded pastures, and they are rotated from field to field each day so their grass is always new, fresh, and sweet. There […]
Field Trip Fun: Upstate SC
If you’re planning a trip to one of the homeschool conventions in upstate South Carolina, there are many things to see and do in the surrounding area. I’ll tell you a little about some places we have been that are fun spring activities if you’d like to squeeze in a field trip or two while you’re […]
The Importance of Field Trips for Learning
Fun Summer Field Trips Whether you take summer off from school or continue to homeschool year-round like we do, the warmer weather and more relaxed schedules provide opportunities for getting out and exploring your community through field trips. Field trips are an important aspect of education as kids get to see, hear, and do. Oral […]
Living History: Honor Flight
Heroes Last week, my husband went on the Honor Flight to accompany veterans from WWII and the Korean War. The flight left early in the morning and returned the same night to a celebratory crowd of supporters. These veterans spent a whirlwind day in Washington, DC, visiting the WWII, Korean War, and Vietnam War Memorials […]
Field Trip: The Theater
We had the opportunity to take a road trip over the weekend to see a play in a historic opera house. We traveled to Abbeville, South Carolina, where we explored the downtown area’s shops and town square, ate dinner at a fabulous Mexican restaurant in a historic town square building, and then attended the play. […]
Real Teens Read: All Quiet on the Western Front
Our Real Teens Read group read All Quiet on the Western Front. To accompany the novel, the teens also revisited the poems we read with Ender’s Game: “Fire and Ice” and “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost “The Soldier” by Rupert Brooks “The End of the World” by Archibald MacLeish “Anthem for Doomed Youth” […]
Real Teens Read: Hagood Mill Field Trip
To accompany this month’s book, Walk Two Moons, our Real Teens Read group packed up and hit the road for a field trip to a historic mill, built in 1845. We were treated to a tour and oral history narrative by Mr. Ed, who is passionate about what he does, and kept us on the […]