Right now in Connecticut we are participating in the Great Park Pursuit. It is a seven week program designed to get families visiting the state parks in CT. We are now at week 3 and we are visiting Earth Cache Sites.
It is really cool. Connecticut has 25 such sites across the state with notable geology. [...]
I woke up this morning after a day and a half of intense tooth pain. Yes, I neglect my teeth. I haven’t had them cleaned in a while. Every now and again I have to pay for my sins! I was squeezed in at the dentists’ office for the first half of a root canal, [...]
Our little field trip continued this morning in Plymouth with a visit to the Mayflower II. We went on board. It was a warm, pristine morning and we were greeted by an actor playing the ship’s captain in 1627. He spoke in Old English about life on his ship and inquired about where we were from. It was fascinating to listen to him [...]
We finally made it to Plimoth Plantation today. We made the plan on a whim and in 3.5 hours we were there. It was a glorious day, after so much rain and it felt like we were going on a vacation! The kids couldn’t have been more excited.
I tried to find out what they already [...]
I went to my first Unschoolers’ meeting today at Barnes and Noble in Norwalk, CT. I feel curious to see if the Unschoolers are my kind of “tribe”. Do I feel comfortable with them? Am I really a closet Unschooler?
(Right now I am a Montessori based, homeschooling type with a few traditional additions to the curriculum [...]
