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Wednesday, November 6, 2013

September and October field trips and learning activities

Now that both kids are schooling at home, and that we have some close friends who are the same ages as Max and Elise, we are trying to have a "field trip" of sorts with them on Tuesdays and then the Leavenworth field trip/P.E./instructional learning on Fridays.

Here are some we've done through the month of September:

  • I posted about it early in the post titled "school" but here is a picture again: at the Deanna Rose farm.

The backs of Elise and her two friends.

  •  Went on a hike near Weston, MO.  We originally were geocaching but the trail took us into some waist-high grass and bushes and it was still super hot with tons of ticks and chiggers, so it ended up being a plain hike with beautiful scenery. 

Hiking with friends

We ended up at the Red Barn Farm where they served fresh peach ices - with peaches from their peach trees!  A perfect end to a hot, hot afternoon!

View on our hike of the Missouri River - beautiful!

 And October:

  • Picked raspberries


  •  Made applesauce




  •  And pumpkin sauce (puree)
 (This is Max and Ben trying to balance a bird on their big toes.  Max's friend is in gymnastics and was able to accomplish it for a long time. - this was after making pumpkin puree)

  •  Visited the Fort Leavenworth Frontier Army Museum and the Library on the military base (picture below) - I didn't take pictures at the army museum for some reason...


  • We also went to the homeschooling class at the zoo.  It was, of course, a huge focus on science - but each month they focus on a specific animal, visit that animal - interact as it is fed, etc., and then do some other activities that correlate to the animal topic.
  • We went to two pumpkin patches, one below with the school group and one that I'll post separately because it's Schaake's..and...well...it's tradition to visit there. 







  •  And we made corn husk dolls

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