Field Trip!

Doran and I took a field trip today.  The books and videos I wanted to do on the next topic he wanted to study (Samurai) won't arrive until later this week, so we're taking this week to begin a nature journal and think about other topics we'll want to learn more about later.  Here are some pictures of our first official nature outing as homeschoolers.

Spinning the wheel to learn about different trees

 

Creating a bonsai arrangement

Playing in the fountains

Sitting in silence, observing our surroundings

A tiny snail

Recording our observations

The greatest joy so far?  Seeing my sweet boy show so much enthusiasm about, well, pretty much everything again.  A few months ago an outing of this nature brought nothing but a stream of complaints and it was so much effort just to get him to come along, much less enjoy it.  Today he was eager, interested and excited.  I look forward to so many more awesome moments like this!