this time they went to traci wolter's house to learn about horses!
josie who is graduating from sentences to paragraphs wrote about her time-
"I went to Traci Wolters house. She has two horses. She taugt me about horses.
I learned about body parts of a horse, and to brush a horse, and scoop poop, and feed it hay.
This is how to ride a horse. Frest you put on the saddle. Secent you ride it ot the track."
while they were with traci, i had 3.5 hrs to do as i pleased. i needed the quiet, but what i really needed was that moment when i picked them up. i saw them- i saw their excitement for life, and for learning new things, their friendly personalities, and the way they care for each other. i saw that they are GREAT kids, and i am BLESSED!
always being with them is both the sweetness and sacrifice of homeschooling.
it can be hard to seperate who i am as mommy from who i am as teacher. yes, the two are so much intertwined, and should be, but sometimes i want to strip off all the hats i wear (teacher,taxi, nurse, referee, cook, maid, accountant...), and wear only the one that says, "mommy."
on tuesday we took a field trip with our homeschool academy. we traveled by train to california's state capitol in sacramento. we also visited the california history museum. it was a full day (traveling from 5:30 a.m. till 12:06 a.m., ahhh!).
if you live in ca. and have the opportunity to visit sacramento, i also recommend visiting old town sacramento, and the train museum.
what field trips or activities do you enjoy with your children?
do you recall a favorite childhood field trip?
