Wait...yes we could (okay, maybe not the tree...yet). One of my goals with homeschooling was to instill the love of learning for the kids, no matter where they go or what they do. What I didn't realize, was how versatile we could (and would have to) make our school days. As the mom of 3 kids, the wife of a busy husband, and the business owner of a local event, life can get a little crazy sometimes. Add homeschooling to that and I knew life would be busier than ever.
We have created a wonderful schoolroom in our home (posts on that later) and it is a great place for us to learn, but variety is nice! We do some schooling locations out of necessity. For example, the car is a fabulous place to work on division flashcards and read (for the 50th time) Green Eggs and Ham, while driving little sister to preschool, or taking our weekly trip to the library. Other locations are just for fun. Fun was my goal was with our "school at the park" day we had recently.
Mir goes to our co-op preschool 3 mornings a week, so this gives me a couple hours with just the older 2, 3-yr old free. We decided to spend one of these mornings on a picnic table, under the shade, at the new park near our house. This park has been incredibly busy since it opened at the beginning of the summer, but it was peacefully quiet this day. There were a few moms there with their toddling little ones hanging out, but other than that, it was a quiet place to do our work. Something about doing spelling words and math problems in the fresh air of a summer morning, made our entire day wonderful. It also gave us a fun playground for recess time :).
As it got closer to noon, the park got a little busier, the weather got a little warmer, and the kids got a little more distracted, so I knew it was time to go (nevermind the fact that it was also time to pick Mir up from preschool). We're definitely going to make this a habit for our school days...at least until the weather turns yucky.
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