Since our first cruise to The Bahamas for our honeymoon, my husband and I have been planning to take an Alaskan cruise for our 10th anniversary. Every so often one of us has mentioned it and we’ve briefly marveled at what an amazing trip it will be, but we never made real plans. Our 10th […]
10 Tips for Visiting National Parks with your Family
10 Tips for Visiting National Parks with your Family If you’re like me, adventure is always on the mind, and you’d much rather be out in nature than studying it in a textbook. That’s part of the amazing freedom in homeschool, right? On our first national parks travel (Zion) with our son Makani, he was only […]
Taking the Kids to the Edison & Ford Winter Estates
Visiting the Edison & Ford Winter Estates with Kids When daddy has to get away on business in our home state of Florida, I’m the first to arrange an adventurous family field trip to travel along. This week, we drove across Alligator Alley from the East Coast to the West Coast for a couple of […]
How We Packed for 11 Days in Europe Using Only Carry-Ons
This is a guest post from a dear friend, Kendra Fletcher. I love the first packing video! Thanks, Kendra! My husband and I are the parents of 8 children, but occasionally we get to take a long trip without any of them. Yes, we miss our kids, but traveling just the two of us is beyond fabulous. […]
Learning on the Road: a guest post by Renee Gotcher
Any time we have to opportunity to travel as a family, we are looking for fun and adventure. However, there are other benefits to traveling as a homeschool family we like to take advantage of as well, like learning on the road. We turned our recent trip to Jackson Hole, Wyoming into a spontaneous field […]
The Titanic Museum in Pigeon Forge – a guest post by Kathy Balman
On a recent road trip to South Carolina, I decided to make a detour for a spontaneous adventure. After driving across 3 states and through the Smokey Mountains, I arrived in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee with my kids. The Titanic Museum had been on our field trip list for quite awhile, and it did not disappoint. […]
What is a Maelstrom? Homeschool Learning at EPCOT
If you have traveled to EPCOT you have probably taken a ride on the Maelstrom in the Norway pavilion. It’s one of the few rides in the World Showcase so kids usually convince their parents to try it at least once. The Maelstrom includes a water ride on a dragon-headed Viking “ship”. During your journey you will see […]
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Step right up! Tokens, please… What are you waiting for? Enjoy the Breeze! It’s carvings so intricate- Paintings- just perfect. Fairy tale horses waiting Just to be pet. Touch your hand to her reign, One foot in a stirrup, Whoosh, up you swing- Brings her (and you) to life with A skip and a gallop! […]
