In our house, we LOVE science! It’s even more fun to get our hands dirty and experience what we have been learning about first hand! We are fortunate to live near enough to Baltimore to take advantage of The Maryland Science Center, which offers classes for homeschoolers twice per year. This session, my kids got to learn about chemistry, plate tectonics, engineering, creepy crawly critters, herpetology, extreme weather, the science of colors, and much more! By signing up for classes, which this session were only $6.50 per child, you gain entry into the Science Center for your whole family for the entire day! That gave us the opportunity to explore all of the exhibits for the remainder of each day. The classes usually run for three weeks, so there’s plenty of time to explore and experience. As you can see, my kids were very interested in the prehistoric exhibits, where they got to dig for fossils, measure footprints, assemble skeletons, and meet a real paleontologist!

Isn’t this why we homeschool? To think and learn outside the box? To have the freedom to pile into the car and go on an adventure when the interest strikes? I am so thankful for this…