Homeschool Essentials: Extra Curricular

I'm excited about joining in on the 5 Days of Homeschooling Essentials Blog Hop sponsored by the Schoolhouse Review Crew.

Day Five:

Today, my topic contains info regarding "Extra Curricular"

On the last day of the blog hop, I'd love to share a list of some things we've done outside of the basic core subjects in our 10 years of homeschooling.

Extra curricular activites...

1. Homeschool Swimming Lessons
This was set up at our local indoor swimming pool with other homeschooled families. Both my  children learned to swim through this inexpensive swim class

 

2. Co-op

We've joined two co-ops over the years. They allowed my children to learn things outside the core subjects including- drama, PE, art etc

 

3. Cub Scouts

We were heavily involved in scouts for several years.  

 

4. 4-H

My children were involved in 4H for two years learning, photography, horses, aviation, electrical, and theatre

 

5. Royal Rangers and Youth Group

My boys are involved in weekly youth group which is Royal Rangers for my youngest and a teen group for my oldest son

 

6. Martial Arts

My boys were involved in two years of martial arts at our local gym. A free class with paid membership. My oldest received up to his purple belt and my youngest to a green.

 

7. Field Trips

To touch base on scheduled field trips, they've been to:

Fire department in both WA and MT

Airport watch tower- Great falls, MT

Hiked a buffalo jump

discovered the inside of a cave in Kentucky

Newspaper office in Great Falls, MT and Couer d'Alene, ID

Museum of History (MT) and (ID)

Science Museum (Hands on) in Helena, MT

CM Russell Art Museum-Great Falls, MT

 

8. Family Field Trips

Every opportunity we can get when we travel we try to make it educationally fun..

 

Ghost Towns in MT and MI

1880's Town in South Dakota

Corn Palace in SD

Lighthouses in WA and MI

Battlefields in MT

Pompey's Pillar

Lewis & Clark Caverns -MT

Mt Rushmore

Mt Rushmore Caves

Crazy Horse Monument

Forts in MI and MT

Havre Under the Streets -MT

Grand Canyon

Flandrau Science Center and Planetarium- Arizona

Hoover Dam

Reid Park Zoo in Tucson Arizona

St. Xavier Mission in Arizona

Sonora Desert Museum- Tucson Arizona

Kitt Peak Observatory-Arizona

Tombstone

Customs and Border Patrol- MT (Hubby works here so the boys get to really learn about the helicopters and airplanes)

 

I'm sure there is much more, but this is all I can remember as of today..

 

9. Art Classes at Paris Gibson Art Museum- Great Falls, MT

The kids took some free classes to make historical art

 

10. Bowling League for homeschoolers

I put my two boys in a 6 week bowling league that gave them weekly tips while playing 2 games a week.

 

11. Children's Museum- Great Falls, MT

My boys went to the local children's museum for a weekly craft time with other homeschoolers and then was allowed to do hands on play at the museum afterwards

 

12. PE Classes

Took two kinds of PE classes over the years. One was when my son was young that taught him flexiblity, plus the basics of basketball, soccer, and track. The second one was beginning basketball

 

13. Baseball

My oldest son played 4 years of little league baseball

 

14. Soccer

My youngest son played a year of soccer

 

 

Do you have any special places that you've toured or have done extra curricular activites that your kids loved while homeschooling? I'd love to hear them... Leave a comment below..



 I've enjoyed joining in with other homeschool mom's this week sharing my Homeschooling Essentials with you all.

 Don't forget to check out the other wonderful ladies that have participated in this week's Homeschooling Essentials to see what they've shared... I'm including 9 of the 89 that are participating below.

 Lisa @ A Rup Life

 Jordyn @ Almost Supermom

Jenn @ Teaching Two Stinkers

Crystal @ Crystal Starr Blog

 Jennifer @ Chestnut Grove Academy

 Brandi @ Brandi Raae

 Wendy @ Simplicity Breeds Happiness

 Jodi @ Insane in the Mombrain

 Kym @ Homeschool Coffee Break 

Click on the link below to see the other blogs participating at:

 5 Days of Homeschooling Essentials Blog Hop