Home-Away-From-Home School

"So what do you DO all day as a homeschool family?"
Beside the infamous, "What about the socialization?" question, the number one question I get about homeschooling is this, "What do you DO?"

Good question. Fair. Don't get me started though because I'll talk your ear off.

I'll tell you about reading novels and getting so into them that after numerous "One more chapter" requests we finish the book in one afternoon. I'll tell you about learning Latin root words and trying out our new Spanish words on each other. I'll tell you about science in the kitchen (there's a lot of chemistry in cooking!). I'll tell you about writing music for an all girl rock band and then cutting a CD of their own songs. I'll tell you ...
OK, I told you not to get me started.


Today I'll tell you about a trip to Sifton Bog to study the difference between vascular and non-vascular plants. We loaded our backpacks with pencil crayons, art paper, and magnifying glasses. We've walked the path at Sifton Bog many, many times before but this time as we walked we had our eyes open for MOSS (non-vascular).

It was EVERYwhere. We sat. We read about it. We walked some more. We ate lunch.
We magnified it. We attempted to burn it with our magnifying glasses (didn't burn!). We felt it.

We drew it.

When the sun is shining the outdoors is our home-away-from-home school. We've got all winter to snuggle by the fireplace with a cup of tea and a good book. So what do we DO all day? We love God's creation. We live in it. We study it. We praise Him for it.