A large family, homeschooling, adoption, special needs, whatever strikes my fancy, sort of blog.

A large family, homeschooling, adoption, special needs, whatever strikes my fancy, sort of blog.

Friday, April 27, 2012

X is for eXtracurricular

eX is for eXtracurricular.  

In my 20 year parenting career, we've done many extracurricular activities.


Off the top of my head, I can remember:  4H, ballet, cooking, sewing, t-ball, soccer, softball, baseball, basketball, general sports camp, art, Spanish, AWANA, VBS, Mandarin, and sign language.  


Even better, we've done some truly amazing field trips.  


From purely fun places like Nut Tree


To educational places like the Nimbus Fish Hatchery


The Aerospace Museum


And countless trips to firehouses


Plus many annual visits to pumpkin patches and apple farms.


Turtle Bay, in Redding


One of the greatest things about homeschooling is the chance to get out and see all the amazing things around us without having to compete with weekend crowds.  


Hilmar Cheese Factory


USS Hornet, aircraft carrier

We're blessed to be able to explore and go and do and see.  Other places we've been to include:  Sutter's Fort, the state Capitol, 2 Native American museums, 2 children's museums, a couple of missions, a sticker factory, a jelly bean factory, a history museum, a science museum, a military museum, botanical gardens, zoos, and more.  

X is for eXciting eXtracurricular activities.  

1 comment:

  1. Looks like you've seen some amazing things!

    Have a good weekend. :)

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