The Ultimate Gift Guide for your Robot Lover
The Ultimate Gift Guide for your Robot Lover Originally posted 2018, updated 2024 My son has loved robots since I can remember. His love of robotics is well-known to those that know him. He has had a few robots over the years, and I wanted to share some of his...
Take An Out Of This World Trip to The US Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, AL
Nestled in the Northern part of Alabama is one of our state’s most prized locales. As a kid I remember going to Huntsville's US Space and Rocket Center on school field trips and on family trips during the summer. Living only 3 hours away meant we made the trip enough...
Pompeys Pillar Montana: A Monument to History and Nature’s Grandeur
I feel like it is a huge win when our American History lessons hit on a place that our family has explored. It is always great fun to read about the impact of that place/time in history and then flip through our own family photos of the location. We have recently...
A Journey Through Wings Over the Rockies, Denver, Colorado
Wings Over the Rockies, an air and space museum; located in Denver, Colorado, is a fun place we liked so much we have visited it twice. The museum is located in a hangar at the old Lowry Air Base, and even the airplane hanger is a piece of history as it was built back...
The National Steinbeck Center – John Steinbeck Museum, Salinas CA
In 2019 while living in our RV we spent some time in California. I saw that we were getting awfully close to the Salinas Valley. My husband, who is a pretty serious John Steinbeck fan, had plenty of options in our Audible account. We picked out Cannery Row and...
EdVenture Children’s Museum Columbia, SC
Want to see the world’s largest boy? How about sit in a Boeing 757 cockpit or fly a Boeing 777 simulator? Or do you want to climb inside a fire truck? Even if these things don’t interest you, I can bet your kids would LOVE it. (We love Children’s Museums.)...
Alice’s Adventures at the Gardens, Memphis Botanic Garden
Did we fall down a rabbit hole or did we take a visit to the Memphis Botanic Gardens? We had such a great time at Alice's Adventures at the Garden. The kids and I planned a trip to the gardens to go and see Alice’s Adventures. In preparation for our trip we did our...
USS Alabama, Mobile Alabama
Somewhere amid the photos from a 1980s beach vacation I am sure there is still a photo of me and my brother on board the USS Alabama. I remember thinking… its a big boat! Cool. Now the much older much wiser version of me is amazed at this MASSIVE ship. And the stories...
Why We Choose a Literature Based Curriculum Instead of Online Curriculum
I am a BookShark Brand Ambassador and did receive curriculum in exchange for sharing details of their product. When we first decided to homeschool our son I was a bit overwhelmed with all the options available. How would I know I was picking the correct one for our...
If History is Boring, Try These 3 Homeschool Tricks
I am a BookShark Brand Ambassador and did receive curriculum in exchange for sharing details of their product. My son has a true love of science. He will read ahead on his science lessons and really enjoys all our science experiments we do. I think a huge part of the...