Staycation Ideas All Across The US
It’s that time of year. The weather is warming up, school is letting out and vacations are being planned. Many of those vacations are going to be “Staycations”. Families are discovering fun activities to do in their local area without spending money on a hotel and gas or airfare. Yesterday, I shared some fun, family [...]
Central Illinois Staycation Ideas
While lots of us are booking vacations that will take us far from home this summer, we often forget there are probably lots of great attractions in our own area of the country. As part of the Year of the Staycation project at The Happy Housewife, I’m sharing some great staycation ideas for Central Illinois. [...]
Jello Play Dough
Today, I’m sharing the Jello play dough recipe my kids make over at The Happy Housewife. You can use this play dough to make the science modelsI shared there a few weeks ago. Click on over and get this recipe to try with your kids.
Peoria Riverfront Museum
Happy International Museum Day! We are wrapping up Museum Week here at The Homeschool Scientist with a visit to a brand new, world class museum. The Peoria Riverfront Museum is located on the Peoria, Illinois riverfront. It is an amazing addition to the entire Central Illinois region. Our family visited the museum for the first [...]
Museum Week – The Great Lakes Science Center
I’m thrilled to be sharing about The Great Lakes Science Center during Museum Week here at The Homeschool Scientist. We really enjoy science and nature, but my kids are 10, 5, 3, and 4 months so it makes it a challenge to find places to take them where everyone in the family can have fun [...]
Museum Week – Orlando Science Center
Orlando is full of great attractions! Many fun to visit, but when you live here and homeschool you can quickly see they are purely for entertainment value. That’s why we always buy an annual membership to the Orlando Science Center! The OSC is four floors of hands-on learning fun! OSC offers “traveling” exhibits like: The [...]
Ten Toys My Kids Actually Played With
As I am cleaning out the house for an upcoming garage sale, I am weeding through the piles of toys never played with. Toys I haven’t seen since they were unwrapped. They are shoved under beds and in the back of closets. They are easy to sort from the toys my kids actually play with. [...]
Museum Week – COSI
Welcome to Ohio! In honor of National Museum Day, I am going to take you on a tour of my local science museum, COSI. Parents Magazine has ranked COSI, the Center of Science and Industry, as the #1 science center in the country. I feel very blessed to live so close to this museum, which [...]
Museum Week- Creation Museum and Newport Aquarium
May 18th, 2013 is International Museum Day. We’ll be celebrating all week here at The Homeschool Scientist with posts about various museums from blogger friends of mine. To kick things off, I’m republishing a post from last fall about our family trip to the Cincinnati area and our visit to two great museums. Creation Museum [...]
