Field trips...

If you went to school as opposed to being homeschooled do you find yourself remembering fondly going on field trips? Or do you remember being worried about a seat mate on the bus? Was the trip special because of a school bus or a walk to town? In grammar school were you especially proud to have your parent along as a chaperon? Maybe a special brown bagged lunch?
Well those are my memories, anyway. the good and bad about riding bus. I was worried about having a freind to sit next to and was thrilled to find Yoo hoo in my lunch bag. My dad was always the chaperon because Field trips were on Wednesdays and that was his day off. My father was in charge of the unruly kids.

The Butterfly school school bus leaves on class trips several times month on average. I, the bus driver, load up my 2 students. We go on so many field trips it seems we are mistakenly labeled homeschoolers. We really do so little at home that might look academic. Although we live by the rule that we are learning all the time somethings just look better as learning. field trips work well for pictures of learning.
I know school kids go on class trips and adore them and learn from them as well. However the nice thing about homeschool field trips is that we rarely go just once. You don't need to learn all there is to know or experience on that one trip.
The other side of the homeschooling field trips though is, there is never Yoo Hoo in your lunch box, although that may be a sign of the times and so not so much homeschooling. The other thing is, if your feeling unruly your own mom is right there to take care of it, that could be a plus or minus depending on your feelings.
See ya on the road my fellow homeschoolers.

Fosterfield's

Fosterfield's is a living farm that runs as though it is still in the 1800s. this year they did the maple sugaring and I still prefer it over at the Great swmap but it was interresting to see the farm in the freezing cold. (ok maybe not interesting b/c it was FREEZING) but I suppose it had some educational value right?


Anyway, I love this farm (in the spring most of all) because the kids really get hands on experience and great time outdoors. In the summer they can wash clothes by hand after filling the bucket from a pump then hang them on the line to dry.

The kids' favorite part in the winter was churning butter because it was inside. and in the summer they like washing the clothes and looking for barn cats.