Scarecrow project

Homeschooling on the Road

The kids at old fashioned school desks

It has been way to long since I have blogged about school and what we have been up to. For the last two weeks of September we went out of town. For the first week we were in Coeur d'Alene Idaho where Keller had some work. We were blessed to stay in a beautiful little cabin on The Twin lakes. That first week we homeschooled from the cabin. It was a nice change of pace . We continued learning about pilgrims and Native Americans in the 1600's. We built wigwams and tepees out of paper and read several books to help us learn more about how the different tribes lived.

Our view from the cabin

On our second week we went to some friends house in Glenwood, WA. They live in a beautiful log home on 60 acres in pasture lands and pine trees. It was beautiful. They live very near Mount Hood. What a sight. We decided to take this week off from school and enjoy our time. Our friends told us about several museums in the area and about a fish hatchery. We thought that would be fun for the kids. Unexpectedly both museums had exhibits on Native Americans and it fit right into what we were learning. The kids then got to see up close many of the things we were learning about. One of the museums also had a huge feature on Lewis and Clark. We also visited the fish hatchery and were able to see a 70year old sturgeon, salmon and trout. It was an amazing time of family fun and learning.

Kids with their sturgeon face ;)

We are now back home and learning about constellations, dutch pilgrims coming to America and working on some fun science experiments. This week experiment we learned about carbon dioxide. We used a root beer glass bottle and put warm water, yeast and sugar in and then put a balloon on top. Then watched it several times over an hour. The carbon dioxide in the bottle blew up the balloon. I think this is the favorite experiment thus far. We are also reading the Courage of Sarah Noble together for the next two weeks.