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Monday, October 28, 2013

An unschooling kind of day

LI woke up this morning still battling a migraine that decided to make an appearance yesterday.  The girls graciously let me sleep in, trying to kick the darn thing.  But this mama knew that we probably could do with a change of pace for the day.

And I am so grateful that this view:



is just 30 minutes away from our house.

We loaded up a few snacks and the dog and headed up to enjoy the last of the fall colors.  We found a beautiful little park at the top of the ridge overlooking the valley.  

And so, for art class, we drew the view:



For science, we read the signs along the trail, discussing forest fires and wildlife along the way.

The littles got in a little extra PE:


 
While a certain someone held an impromptu dance class:


We look leaf rubbings, drew pine cones in our nature journals, learned about explorers who blazed trails through our backyard.

Ty thoroughly enjoyed being outside, and did a little investigating of his own:



But mostly we reveled in the majesty of God's creation that He allows us to live in:



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