tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1874262419752354657.post3068748710697309940..comments2024-03-28T10:20:26.849-05:00Comments on Review This Reviews!: Summertime Learning FunSylvestermousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13690700963857028874noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1874262419752354657.post-84851228734968500452016-07-10T12:31:41.626-05:002016-07-10T12:31:41.626-05:00One of my stepsons is a master at teaching via exp...One of my stepsons is a master at teaching via exploring adventures outdoors. His kids are always learning this way. There's no better way to learn that to 'do'. When our boys were little and my stepkids younger we did quite a bit as well. Our weekends were pretty much always full. Miss those days.Barbarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12436522337338948135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1874262419752354657.post-20995933140873535192016-07-06T21:53:43.739-05:002016-07-06T21:53:43.739-05:00Oh Barbara you are so right, our children would en...Oh Barbara you are so right, our children would enjoy looking and seeing what was around them. we would take them to camps where there were hyroglyphics on the outcroppings that had been there for hundreds of years. They were probably done by the Indians that lived on the land before we came to be there. My husband would teach them water safety, how to right a canoe, and all those hands on Olivia Morris https://www.blogger.com/profile/00711607646097689874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1874262419752354657.post-81667142622744008922016-07-06T15:31:59.902-05:002016-07-06T15:31:59.902-05:00I love this approach to education. I used it a lot...I love this approach to education. I used it a lot when I was home schooling. We had a lot more time for exploring the outdoors together. We approached geography much the same way. I still have the huge scrapbooks the children made from our trip to Massachusetts and back. We drove both ways, visiting as many national parks, historical places, and state capitals as we could along the way. My BarbRadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15899642277679265680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1874262419752354657.post-90526481372518914282016-07-06T14:46:33.796-05:002016-07-06T14:46:33.796-05:00Oh how wonderful for you and for him. He will hav...Oh how wonderful for you and for him. He will have a whole new outlook on things that his parents talk about now. That's great that you get to bond with him too. He will always talk about the summer he spent with his Gran and I bet it will be with great joy too! Have fun!Olivia Morris https://www.blogger.com/profile/00711607646097689874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1874262419752354657.post-24954384957714501362016-07-06T14:44:23.506-05:002016-07-06T14:44:23.506-05:00We loved our camping trips and sitting around the ...We loved our camping trips and sitting around the campfires just retelling whatever happened on our hikes that day. It's amazing how the kids interpreted their findings along our hikes. We would turn over rocks and one would be amazed at the animals scurrying away, while the other was horrified that we disturbed nature.....lol Olivia Morris https://www.blogger.com/profile/00711607646097689874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1874262419752354657.post-2653873549930429362016-07-06T14:42:13.183-05:002016-07-06T14:42:13.183-05:00So TRUE! We always camped with out kids and my hu...So TRUE! We always camped with out kids and my husband would always try something new. One year he built a rock oven and baked the kids some Chelsea Buns, they were almost finished baking, when one rock exploded. The kids to this day laugh about the grit that they had to pick out of their dessert. But we learnt how to look for rocks that would be good for an outdoor oven in the process. Now Olivia Morris https://www.blogger.com/profile/00711607646097689874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1874262419752354657.post-54924104705403877952016-07-06T09:09:09.294-05:002016-07-06T09:09:09.294-05:00Interesting article as this summer has turned into...Interesting article as this summer has turned into a learning time for me and a grandson. It's been 20+ years since my 'kids' grew up and years of them visiting me or me visiting their homes to see the grandchildren growing up. THIS summer I went to see a daughter in St. Louis, then a son in Iowa. Decided during the visit to bring my 14-year-old grandson home with me to the Georgia Wednesday Elfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11125647693828663780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1874262419752354657.post-15425432875057379442016-07-06T08:21:46.217-05:002016-07-06T08:21:46.217-05:00Working to develop a mindset in our kiddos of alwa...Working to develop a mindset in our kiddos of always questioning, always learning is so very important. I'm happy to have two lifelong learners, at least partly because of my habit of making an object lesson out of just about anything. I love your emphasis, too, on using summer activities as an impetus for passing along family stories and history. Carrying on that tradition with our future Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11299578855182866748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1874262419752354657.post-34972916971408098012016-07-06T07:26:43.654-05:002016-07-06T07:26:43.654-05:00I grew up in a very large family with a house full...I grew up in a very large family with a house full of kids aka walking encyclopedias that were daily adding pages between their covers. There was something always going on, especially once my older siblings started driving. I have no idea how my parents maintained their sanity. Vacations were always very interesting. Whether we were at the beach, traipsing through the woods, or lazily Sylvestermousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13690700963857028874noreply@blogger.com