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Ohio Homeschooling in the Buckeye State
Find wonderful ways to support your homeschooling children through field trips, and co-ops throughout the state.
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100 Things to See and Do in Ohio
Ohio is a large state with a wealth of resources. From the arts to industry Ohio has played a large and key role in the history of the United States of America. I’ve gathered and am sharing with you 100 homeschool field trip ideas, activities, family vacations to see and do when you visit (or live) in Ohio. Bicycle Museum of America – New Bremen American Whistle Corporation – Columbus Armstrong Air & Space Museum – Wapokoneta AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame – Pickerington Wexner Center for the Arts) – Columbus, (Performing, Film/video, Exhibits, Public Programs Williams County Community Theater – Bryan Tecumseh Outdoor Drama – Chillicothe Columbus Children’s Theater – Columbus Cincinnati Shakespeare Company – Cincinnati Cincinnati…
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Tips from the Coach for Keeping Gifted Children Active
Interview with Chris Quickert from The HomeSchool Gym As a mom to an academically gifted child, I sometimes wonder if I keep him active enough. I know that physical activity is vital to a healthy body. Given the choice of outside play and indoor play, he will usually choose indoor play. Although, he can at times spend hours swinging on the swing. I want to make sure that I am not only providing opportunities for him to be active but that I am guiding him to be motivated to be physically active as he gets older and into his adulthood. I’m blessed to live near a large metropolitan city.…
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Exploring the Cleveland Zoo
Bigger and More Interactive than Expected While we were visiting Cleveland one of the field trips I was most excited about was to the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo. Exploring a zoo can be so exciting because each zoo is unique. The Cleveland Zoo was much larger than I anticipated and I especially found their indoor facilities to be well laid out and very interactive. The Cleveland Zoo Rainforest Because it was winter, of course, we wanted to be indoors as much as possible. So we started in The Rainforest. I must say I was very impressed with this facility. It is larger than you imagine with 2 full floors…
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Exploring the Great Lakes Science Center
Hands On Learning and 3D Experience The third site we explored while visiting Cleveland was the Great Lakes Science Center. As it’s name indicates the science center sits right on the coast of Lake Eerie. It has a wide variety of hands on science activities for children of all ages to explore. I was thrilled to be able to meet up with my blogging friend +Colleen Kessler and her four children so that Little Man could learn and explore with some friends. Colleen blogs at Raising Lifelong Learners and is also a homeschooling mom to gifted children. So for me it was awesome being able to connect with her and compare notes. …
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Exploring the Cleveland Botanical Gardens
Ants, Butterflies & Flowers Oh My! While we were in Cleveland exploring the educational options that the city has to offer. Our first stop was the Aquarium which I told you about last week. Our plan had been to go to the Botanical Gardens on Wednesday however, we experienced one of those Cleveland winter weather events you are always hearing about on the news. So instead of going off on a field trip we stayed in our hotel and spent a day relaxing. Thursday however the streets had been cleared and off we went with about 6 inches of snow on the ground. The Botanical Gardens have both an indoor glasshouse…
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Exploring the Cleveland Aquarium
An Ohio Homeschool Field Trip At the end of this post you will find a link to where you can purchase my book Ohio-Homeschooling. It contains many resources for field trips and other ideas for homeschooling in Ohio. This past week our little family was in Cleveland Ohio. My Beloved husband was working a freelance television production job as an audio engineer for the MAC Conference Basketball Tournament at the Q Arena. Since he was going to be in Cleveland for the week anyway we decided that Little Man and I would tag along and spend the week field tripping through the city. We managed to take four field trips…
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A Sneak Peek at Ohio Homeschooling
A Look Inside When I started writing Ohio Homeschooling it was going to be just a chapter. Then I came to realize the vast opportunities that exist in this state and thought back to when I began homeschooling. I thought about how I was concerned, worried, unsure and even fearful because I didn’t really know what I was doing. That is when I realized the need for a resource which would give pertinent details to both the new homeschooling family as well as those who have been homeschooling for years. This book has been authored published and distributed by myself. I am linking to an external site where this book…
