Home School Mother's Journal - 4

In my life this week… weeks just seem to fly by!  Last weekend hubby and I got two date nights, which was great!  I need to balance business, home school and house work a little better......My couch is overflowing with clean laundry!  

In our homeschool this week… we wrapped up our 3rd week of school, and now for a vacation week!  I was much more organized and together this week for my 2yo, and am anxiously awaiting the work boxes that my sent to get here.

Places we’re going and people we’re seeing… Next week is our vacation week!  We will be doing a unit study on Popcorn for some fun (my kids LOVE popcorn), C will still have science class on Thursday (finishing up reptiles and amphibians), and we are headed to the Sea Life Park with some friends!  We also have a doctor's appt for my littlest one, a co-op planning meeting and may hit up CEC and the library!

My favorite thing this week was…Friday!  We went to the zoo, and to the state fair (busy day!).  I also started up a Field Trip Friday Blog Hop (check it out and link up with us!)

What’s working/not working for us… things are really just going good all around!  I can't complain!

Homeschool questions/thoughts I have… this article was featured at hip home school moms and I linked it up in a short blog post, but wanted to share here as well...great read IMO, you've probably already read it, but if not...I highly suggest it!

A photo, video, link, or quote to share…

we went to the Hawaii State Fair this past Friday night and got to witness Ostrich racing, it was a site!

A great article about home schooling!!

I love this article, it sums up perfectly WHY WE HOME SCHOOL!  I love that is was written by a public school teacher.  I have found that some public school teachers take the choice of home schooling personally, as if they weren't doing a good enough job, so you are pulling your child because you can do 'better'.  There are definitely many great and qualified teachers who give 110% (or more) and doing the very best they can with what resources they have been given.  I don't argue that!  I am glad there are so many great and loving teachers in this world, the world needs them, and they don't get paid enough for what they do!  God Bless them!
However, For all the reasons this teacher lists, we choose to home school.  Unfortunately, here in the state of HI, homeschoolers still have to take the standardized tests (don't get me started on that!), but the other reasons still apply.
If you home school, are on the fence about home schooling, or think people that home school are crazy...read this article!

Field Trip Friday

Field Trip Friday!

Today was the first time I ventured on my own with the 3 boys to the zoo!  I think it went quite well (actually it's the second time I ventured, but the first time ended broken down on the highway...NOT FUN!).  Anyhow, I will say it's a lot harder to get good pictures when you are by yourself though, so the pics are not that great.  But you get the idea! 

This month C has been studying reptiles and amphibians in his science class, so we have been covering them as well at home (he has science class one day a week).  So we went to the zoo on a hunt for reptiles and amphibians, with our Zoo Cards in hand (we picked out the reptile and amphibian ones) we headed to the zoo.  This is our 3rd trip to the Honolulu Zoo since moving here, but this was the first time we actually made it to the back part of the zoo.  

Z is just fascinated by the turtles and tortoises 

Skink - Check

Nile Monitor - check

This bearded dragon was too funny, here he is checking C out, and shortly after I clicked the pic, he puffed all up and opened his mouth at him, couldn't get it to do it again though.

Salamanders

Not Reptiles or Amphibians, but Z's favorite display is this one with the GIGANTIC Koi fish.  It's got a tunnel you can crawl through the exhibit, and come up in the middle of the water pool, but it was very crowded today.

Last but not least, Komodo Dragon - check

A Blog Hop designed to share 'FIELD TRIP' related Blog Posts

(does not have to be a 'home school field trip', can be any trip to any place with your children!)

**NOTE:  Before linking up please review guidelines HERE