I would argue that most learning happens outside of the classroom. Or in conjunction with what is learned in the classroom might be even better. Should we learn the science behind metamorphosis? Absolutely! Then we should go in nature and watch it happen.

Last week the younger 2 kids were invited to a horse camp at a friends’ property about a mile from our home. This is the second horse camp they have participated in and they actually were able to help more this time. It was Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday from 9am to 3pm. So without them at home the older 2 and I were limited at home with school work. Many parts of our school day are done together as a family and I wanted to give the older two some “fun” times since the younger ones were having fun as well.
We are still transitioning our garden from winter to spring and one pasture was in desperate need of a cover crop. It was a beautiful week with cool morning temps and warm afternoons with a cool breeze. The older kids and I decided to spend the cool mornings working in the garden; weeding, spreading mulch and compost, feeding the chickens and goats with winter crops and planting spring crops. There is always something that needs to be done. We spent the warmer parts of the day for end of the year testing and of course, swimming.