Wordless Wednesday

Homeschooling Beach Bag Style!

One of the awesome things about homeschooling is being able to pack up your books and take them with you wherever you want to travel.  You can do your work from the comfort of your own kitchen table or that of someone else.  Ground floor, basement or top floor of a condo overlooking the water.

This year we ran off to the beach for a month right after labor day.  We packed up our books and took them with us!  Being the type of people that even sunblock doesn't work for we tend to limit our time on the beach anyway, so we'd hit the beach in the early morning before the sun hit its' peak, and then hide inside with our books til the sun was low enough that sunblock would work long enough without having to re-apply it multiple times!

We had a great time learning about tides, guessing what days the surf would be really high or really low.  We got a full sample of the different types of wind on the beaufort wind scale.  We learned that wind speeds on the ground are different than those at say the 14th and 15th floors of a high rise building.

We awoke with the sun a couple times to take in the Blue Angels amazing practice sessions.  We also took the opportunity to explore the Naval Air Museum - which took us back through history a fair bit and helped the oldest visualize some of the airplanes used during various wars.  Along with battle ships.

The middlest got to practice her addition skills over multiple games of mini-golf.