Goodbye March.
Oh my goodness, things have been delightfully busy around here. March found us out and about quite a lot. We took field trips to the lambing barn, a local dairy farm, the planetarium, and, of course, Wicked.
Have I mentioned just how much I am enjoying this homeschool journey? The world is truly our classroom.
Just today we attended a play, the musical Anne Frank, A Voice Heard. We arrived early and took a self guided tour of the historic theater, stopping to admire and discuss the Shakespearean themed stained glass and murals.
After the show, we went next door to a local sandwich shop for lunch where Newt and I enjoyed a surprisingly deep conversation about prejudice and the holocaust, courage and personal responsibility. Oh and cookies. We also enjoyed some really good cookies.
From there we moseyed on over to the library. After teaching her how to look up books on their computer system, we did some further research on Anne Frank.
And then we researched snapping turtles. Newt has been “dying to know what they eat and if they are cold-blooded or not.” We checked out a couple of books (to add to the 40 or so library books we already had at home) and then made our way over to the Y for a swim lesson.
On the way home we stopped by the state capitol for a covert mission and a stroll on the grounds.
Not everyday is like this. Most days we are home working on reading, writing, math and the like, but I love that we have the time and the ability to school this way.
And from the nearly-ever-present smile on my girl’s face, I know she does too.
