We spent a few days this week on an extended field trip, and it was probably my favorite couple of school days thus far. I definitely need to schedule more field trips into our days. Tuesday found us at a children’s museum, where the kids played with simple machines and learned about West Africa. Then we spent five hours Wednesday at the aquarium. I could’ve stayed for five more, but the children were ready for a break. It was a delightful trip, and I’m going to share more details about it next week.

When we were actually in our hotel room, we did some of our regularly scheduled school subjects:

Math
I didn’t bring any workbooks or work sheets along with us on our extended field trip. I did take the computer along, though, so Poppy played Dreambox Learning every day for about 30 minutes.

Recitation
I did take our recitation box with us, so Poppy practiced her memorization every day. We’ll be moving on to another poem next week.

Reading
“The Secret Garden”