Category Archives: Expeditions
Big City Library
I live in a small town outside of Salt Lake City, Utah. We have our own small-town library, with far too few books and not nearly enough scope for the imagination, as Anne of Green Gables would put it. Most … Continue reading
A Trip To The Ocean
This week we’re heading out on a family camping trip to the Pacific Ocean. We’ve been doing all sorts of things to get ready. We’ve mapped out a plan of our trip and where we want to go, made lists … Continue reading
Expedition: Aquarium
We live near Salt Lake City and just took advantage of a free admission day at Salt Lake’s Living Planet Aquarium. There’s just nothing like taking a day off of school for a learning expedition. {Sometimes Mom needs the break … Continue reading
Expedition: Prince Edward Island
This week we’re leaving the kids behind and going on a GROWN-UP expedition . . . 3 cheers for that! It may be a grown-up expedition, but it stems from a childhood favorite: Anne of Green Gables. Our mom raised … Continue reading
Expedition: Saltwater in the Salt Flats
We live in the desert in Utah; well, the salt flats to be exact. That’s over 500 miles from the nearest ocean. Yet we found out about this amazing place here–a natural spring in the middle of the desert that … Continue reading
David Thompson: Cartographer
David Thompson was a Canadian explorer, surveyor, and map maker of the early 1800′s. He is known as the greatest land geographer who ever lived. The natives of the North American continent knew him as Koo-Koo-Sint, “Star-Gazer”. Born in England in 1770, he was poor and … Continue reading
Library Outings
A friend of mine once told me that she won’t take her kids to library because letting them handle all those books other people have touched just seems dirty. SHOCK. AWE. Seriously? Never in my life had I considered the … Continue reading
A Simple Machine Hunt At The Hardware Store
This is an easy no-need-to-plan-ahead expedition. Head over to your local hardware store and challenge the kids to find some simple machines. Simple machines work for us so we don’t have to. Think of a wheelbarrow– its wheel and axle make it … Continue reading
Geocaching
By now, I’m sure you’ve heard of geocaching, the massive worldwide outdoor treasure hunting with GPS. It’s a perfect family outing. First you need a GPS, luckily they’ve been coming down in price. After you’ve figured out how to see … Continue reading
Armchair Expeditions
My husband is an airline pilot so we’ve been fortunate to take our kids to a lot of neat places. We’ve taken them to swim with Manatees, visited the tide pools on the Washington Coast, visited Yellowstone, toured San Francisco, … Continue reading
A Trip To The Museum (and almost the zoo)
This week we took our kids to a museum at a university near our town. It’s a life science museum that is filled with “stuffed animals” from around the world. They have everything from an elephant to tiny insects and … Continue reading
Your Local Town Museum
Learning world, national, and state history is great and important, but don’t forget your local towns history. Why is there a town where it is? What made people settle and stay in that area? What industries were first there, what … Continue reading
A Free Trip Around the World!
To take your kids on a free “trip” around the world call up a travel agent in your area and ask them if they might have time to spend some time with your kids helping them find out information about … Continue reading
Fishin’
Kids and fishing and summer time go together. Kids love the outdoors, fishing pole, worms, casting the line, sack lunch, reeling in the line over and over, the thrill of a tug on the line, a wriggling flopping fish on … Continue reading
