What do caves, corn and creation science have in common? That’s right, they were all part of our homeschool group’s activities over the past month. We’ve had an active “Back to School” season, filled with various events.
Thursday Afternoons
We meet every Thursday afternoon for a time of enrichment; a time for families to come together to learn and grow in several areas. Recently, we been doing drawing lessons and book discussions, in addition to presenting projects that the kids have been working on as part of their schoolwork.
Since, fitness is important in our lives, we always play a sport during the second half of our time together. In September, Danielle Harnisch was able to give us lessons in volleyball skills. The month of October had great weather for football, so we donned our bandanas (for flag football) and the kids were able to score some touchdowns!
Football 
Volleyball 
Stretching 
Drawing Sailboats
Field Trips and Lessons
In addition to our regular meetings, we were also able to go on several field trips. In mid-September, we toured Crystal Cave in Spring Valley. We had a great time learning about rocks, bats, and total darkness. We were also able to visit Valley Feeds where Nick gave a tour of the feed mill, teaching us about what he does and what farm animals eat. The kids were even able to mix up multiple bags of pig food, complete with learning to tie a miller’s knot.
One more opportunity that we were able to be apart of was a Creation Science class with Laura. The kids learned all about fingerprints and the God-given, unique differences in them. Who knew there were so many different kinds!
Prayer Requests
- That our day-to-day at home learning, teaching, parenting would glorify God
- For unity in our homeschool group