Our Favorite Fun & Learn Activities

Our two favorite learning fun activities are movie time and trail I D. For movie time just make your favorite popcorn and pop a good educational movie on and have a open discussion of the subject learned. We make kettle corn and also hot buttered . The animal in it's habitat type movies are some of the best. Also interesting are videos of factories making some of the products that you use, we also really like weather related videos. Be sure to watch the video beforehand to first, make sure it is suitable; second, to make a list of learning points and testing type questions for after the video. Trail I D can be simple fun that can be great for science and history learning . We have several books that we use such as a field guide type book and habitats of certain geographical areas. It will help to have more than one resource on hand to look up and identify the plants , leaves, animals, rocks, etc. that you will find. If it can be made into a hiking trek then that's great; just don't forget the backpack with guidbooks to I D with, water, notebook, pen, binoculars, camera . Just a simple walk into your back yard will do for this activity as well. Collect a few specimens such as rocks, leaves, flowers, feathers,and such to identify. It would be excellent to make a chart to document your finds. You may be surprised to learn some of the names for the common, everyday things we are so used to seeing. Don't forget that internet resources for identification are numerous, so to save valuable time bookmark some sights for reference. I know that these are two commonplace activities that are nowhere near being a new idea, but they are still our favorites. God bless and may you find joy in your families and God's beautiful creation. Life is precious, enjoy it !