We took a field trip yesterday to Mammoth Cave National Park. Our home school group planned the trip, but several families had things going on and so only 2 families went. We took advantage of not traveling with a large group and were a bit more flexible than the group usually is. We took in the walking tour of the cave, then went to Big Mike's Rock Shop and Mystery House, which has one of those houses with the crooked floors and walls where the water seems to flow uphill. It was a ton of fun. Then we had a picnic on a scenic overlook and then went to a really great salvage grocery store where I got Gluten Free Bisquick for 75 cents among other things and then came home. It was a really good day. I share pictures whenever my photographer (my daughter) feels like sharing them. For some reason, attaching her camera cord to a computer and uploading pictures is a really onerous chore for her.
Kentucky law says
KRS 158.080 states the minimal school term is 185 days, which includes 177 days of instruction KRS 158.070 and 10 non-instructional days.
I think someone did the math wrong here, and 177 plus 10 really ought to equal 187, but that's beside the point. The point is that these 10 noninstructional days are supposed to be teacher meeting days, but since I really don't have any need for a teacher meeting, we try to do 10 field trips a year. :-)
So the first one for 2012-2013 is done.
I miss field trips with our homeschool group. We just don't see any that we want to do now that the kids are older. We have done a lot of them. We also just have so much more work at home to do. I know book work should never take over real life stuff, but when it comes to things like algebra, you really have to spend time in it!!
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