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Natural Bridge Caverns

Natural Bridge Caverns is in San Antonio, Texas and was approx 1 hour and 15 minutes away from our hotel
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Congress Avenue Bridge

No trip to Austin, Texas would be complete with a visit to the Congress Avenue Bridge, home of the largest
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Austin Texas Field Trip

This past week we went on the ultimate field trip to Austin, Texas.The kids really enjoy traveling and for some
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Mount Bonnell

We visited Austin’s Mount Bonnell to take in the sights. Mount Bonnell is one of Austin’s oldest tourist attractions (dating
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Austin Science and Nature Center

Our 2nd field trip while in Texas was to the Austin Science and Nature Center.After researching their website in preparation
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Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum

Our first stop, right after we got off the plane, was the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum. This was
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Living my dream

Have you heard about the LOUD Family? They are living my ultimate homeschool dream AND they are going to have
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Plant Study Part II

We sprouted bean seeds. We measured and graphed our plant growth. Labeled the parts of a sprouting bean seed. Labeled
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Nature Kids

We have incorporated nature walks into our school time this year. Nature walks are an important part of our Florida
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Handwriting without Tears

Since I previously posted writing samples from the boys, I wanted to showcase Pumpkin’s writing as she recently (at 3)
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Snails

We finished our Life Cycle of a Snail study (part of our general life cycle study this year). We were
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Corduroy

Today we participated in Jumpstart’s Read for the Record program. The kids had a great time. We read Corduroy and
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How to get the most out of a field trip

Field Trips are very important part of this study. The Young Florida Naturalist’s Guide Blog is based upon hands-on study.
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Sid the Science Kid

We found out about Sid the Science Kid from Outside the Sandbox and are so grateful to have learned about
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Read for the Record

Jumpstart has started a “Read for the Record” campaign to bring attention to the importance of early education. By encouraging
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