by Jenn on August 1, 2009
I had a stack of must see resources for our trip to Boston. The ultimate preparation would have been a year long American History study, such as Sonlight’s Core 3 and Core 4…but this trip didn’t fit into that schedule, so here are the books I made sure we enjoyed before the trip: Johnny Tremain [...]
I mentioned in an earlier post that our trip to Plimoth Plantation was one of the highlights of our trip…it really was, I highly, highly recommend taking in this living history museum if you are anywhere near it. If you are a homeschool family, I think it is one of the ‘must sees’ for American [...]
I spend a lot of time taking our labradoodle, Emma outside for nature’s call… Okay, I was only fun’in with you…during our family trip to Boston, we visited Plimoth Plantation- it was really the highlight of our trip. Plimoth Plantation is a living museum. First up was the Wampunoag village. Here are a few of [...]
We really enjoy visiting Cambridge, and of course touring the campus of Harvard. This is the foyer of the Freshman dining hall. You have to be a freshman to eat here. We couldn’t even go inside…tho, our last visit here, I got a really good peek inside when the doors were opened for a few [...]
More highlights from our Boston trip…
Our trip to Boston included a stay at a farm. This small farm belongs to the parents of Jenna, who was a Bible College Student out where we are. She plays the violin, has a degree in music and trains & owns horses. Meg wants to be Jenna when she grows up! This is the [...]
At the north end of Old Boston, we stopped at the holocaust memorial. It was very hard to try to explain to Demi and Amie, they have no historical reference for it yet…and how do you explain such evil, how do you make the huge number of people murdered-real to a young mind? How do [...]