We don't really have a specific topic, but a variety of things that we wouldn't otherwise cover in typical curriculum. So far we have done health & safety and we'll do some cooking and maybe sewing and maybe sign language-- anything the kids decide they want to do. We also have one of the dads come and teach gym for 30 minutes and then we eat lunch together. The kids look forward to this every week. It is so much easier than traveling to our CC group we went to last year and doesn't take up our whole day.
This week we went with our group on a field trip to a local Farm & Museum. (It's about an hour and a half drive.) They had a special homeschool day with different activities scheduled. It was the perfect weather for the day and the kids had so much fun! The theme was squash & pumpkins. First they took a trip to the farm garden and looked at the different types of squash and pumpkins.
They got to help bake some pumpkin bread, which we then had to go home and make later they liked so much!
They played pumpkin bowling.
Tossing the leaves wasn't really on the schedule of activities, but it turned out to be probably their favorite part. There was a pretty big pile! There was also a sandbox nearby, so one mom stayed with Jacob and his friend outside while we did some of the other activities.
After lunch, we went back inside and did some math, counting & probability, trying to estimate and then count how many seeds were inside the pumpkin.
Then all the kids got a turn churning the ice cream maker for pumpkin ice cream, which was delicious!
Here's our fun group! Even two little boys for Andrew to get to know!
Before we left, we took a wagon ride around the farmyard and saw some of the animals. Jacob loved it-- he was perfectly still the whole time, taking it all in!
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