Homeschooling for His Glory

I live in the GTA (Greater Toronto Area), which is in the province of  Ontario in Canada. Canada is known to be a very accepting, loving and beautiful country. Since we moved here about 9 years ago, we have enjoyed living here. We started homeschooling shortly after moving and field trips have always been part of our yearly activities, whether with a homeschooling group, or with the family. This month the Canadian Blogging Team is taking you around the GTA on a virtual field trip. Come on along and see all the places Canada has to offer. I will list here all the places I would take you if you were to pay me a visit, and all the places we have taken out boys, or hope to soon, on Field Trips. The CN Tower , right downtown Toronto, one of the hallmarks of Toronto. Not to be missed! The Ripley's Aquarium , the newest attraction in Toronto, right downtown as well, and definitely worth the visit. This is also a place great for a field trip, which is how we went. The Ont...

Today the kids join in for a  carol singing time at a nursing home from our homeschool group. It was a great time. The folks really enjoyed it and the kids did very well.   Have a great day,

Yesterday we went for our annual strawberry picking family trip. How much fun we had!  Enjoy the pics. Have a great day, Joelle

Yesterday, we went on a field trip to our very own (Toronto) nature center: the Humber Arboretum. I actually organized it for our co-op. We had a great time studying trees and animal tracks and signs. We did a lot of walking through the woods and meadow but it was great. Have a great day, Joelle

On Monday, our homeschool group had a fieldtrip to an aerospace museum. The kids had lots of fun watching the display of planes, trying one out, having a little scavenger hunt and flying the gliders they received. Have a great day, Joelle

We went apple picking today. It was the kids' first time and they had lots of fun climbing trees and picking apples. My younger one did most of the picking  though, he really enjoyed picking the apples. Here are some pics: Now watch out for the apple pies, apple crisps, puddings and everything else I can find interesting to do.