Science World Extravaganza!

Our summer holidays took us on a day trip to visit Science World, in Vancouver, B.C. This is an amazing place to take the kids and let them explore the wonders of science to their heart’s content. Pack a lunch and plan to spend the day here in order to explore all the fascinating science [...]

Romancing the Raptors!

We wound up our school year with a final field trip that took us up island to the Pacific Northwest Raptors in Duncan, BC. Since we have been learning quite a bit about owls while reading The Guardians of Ga’hoole series (the author of these books has done extensive research about various species of owls [...]

Field Trip Tuesday

Heart of the Matter Online Magazine features a weekly meme called Field Trip Tuesday. This meme gives homeschoolers a global view of a variety of ideas for homeschool field trips. Since we’ve had a variety of field trips over our five years of homeschooling, I’ve been sharing some ideas from last year’s archives. This weeks [...]

Nature Notebooks and Winter Birding!

I haven’t posted in a while about nature notebooks, and considering they’ve made a winter revival in our house I thought this post might be timely. One of my daughters is very keen about birding and diagramming, the other  more into art and sketching. Winter birding; however, can rekindle a natural curiosity between said child [...]

Take a Trip Back in Time!

Last week we had the pleasure of participating in a field trip to an 1850’s Manor and Schoolhouse. Since we are working our way through our Pioneer Unit Study, we figured a visit to this museum would be very timely.
The Craigflower Manor is one of the few remaining original HBC (Hudson Bay Company) wooden structures in [...]

Meet the Author!

Last week we had the privilege of attending a writing camp presented by Lyn Hancock author of Tobasco the Saucy Racoon. What a delight! If you ever have the chance of meeting this dynamic, enthusiastic writer then I can guarantee you will not be disappointed.
Lyn, who used to be a school teacher, was wonderful with [...]

Something Fishy!

Last year we had the privilege of touring various aspects of mining industry and forest industry of B.C.  However, a study of B.C.’s resources wouldn’t be complete without taking a closer look at some of B.C.’s fishing industry. Fortunately we live in a location that allows us to tour all three of these industries fairly easily. Although if you want a [...]

Marine Biology Anyone?

Okay, so we’re not formally studying marine biology this year, but we seem to be diverting this way quite a bit. The kids are really into it. Kind of hard not to do really, after all we do live on an island. That’s one of the many benefits of homeschooling; you get to explore your [...]

A History Lesson @ Tod Inlet

I went on a lovely hike yesterday to Gowan Todd with some other homeschool friends. I had never been there before, except by boat when we went on our Eco Tour. What made this trail different from others I have been on was the density of the forest. I mean it was really dense. The [...]

Make History Come Alive!

Want to bring History to life? Want to show your child what a real tepee would’ve looked like? Want them to try their hand at making butter? How about visiting a reenactment of a particular time in history?
This summer we were privy to hear about a reenactment of a 19th century fur trade settlement. The event takes [...]