The Homeschool Group has been busy during the last couple months! We’re talking Children’s Museum and the Como Zoo.

In February, we spent the whole day playing at the Children’s Museum in Eau Claire.  There is so much to do there- a water play area, art room, building a house (hard hats included), working in a grocery store, and crawling through an over-sized digestive system!

Laura Hartung was able to squeeze in a science lesson during her time here in March.  The kids learned about plants and photosynthesis, even down to the microscopic level using a special microscope.  Thanks Laura!

Our most recent trip found us piled in the church van, complete with 4 car seats!  We headed to cities to see the animals at Como Zoo.  We had to trudge through the snow to find a picnic table, but the sun was out and it was warm!  The kids (and parents) loved seeing the animals- giraffes, lions, polar bears, tigers, orangutans, gorillas, puffins, sea lions and much more!

Our favorite time of the week is definitely recess, when we all get to play together on Thursday afternoons.  We often went sledding during the long winter, and walking on paved trails during the muddy season, but now we are looking forward to playgrounds, kite-flying, soccer and the like now that spring is finally here.