Unschooling in the community

First of all- Happy Valentine’s Day 💜

Second of all- I am exhausted LOL!

We just had a FULL day of free educational activities. We had taken a break from field trips, so it felt really really good to get back into the community and use its resource!

Missouri Department of Conservation

We took a class today about food chains and food webs in a forest.

First the kids learned via PowerPoint about producers, herbivores, carnivores, and decomospers.

The hands on activity was clever and fun!

Everyone got a puppet and sat in a circle… and a web was created with yarn between the animals (everyone got to choose who/what they ate!

Then the kids made valentines for the forest 🌳💜.

We ended the class with a nature hike and Andre found a bone with teeth marks all over it! (Very cool!!)

We then ate lunch at a different park…

…where Eddie got a giant log (little bitty speck) stuck in his eye! I tried to flush it with 💦 water, but that didn’t work…

So I drove to my sisters house where he took a warm shower and the stick fell out of his eye! Yay! But man was I worried!! 😳 😩 😳 

Then- we went to the library for the MOST amazing fantastic storyteller BOBBY NORFOLK!  He told the story of “Henry Box Brown and the Underground Railroad”.

Google Bobby Norfolk – he’s great!

…then we participated in a STEM activity at the Library.




So, now you see why I’m exhausted… too much fun and learning today 😊📚😊!

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