Weekly Challenge: Funny Photo Where You Are

I hope you are adventuring with your family, whether by traveling in your mind with great books or traveling with your feet through our beautiful world.

This week’s blog challenge is to come up with a fun photo to share using your surroundings.  Here are some examples, but your creativity may come up with a lot of different ways to do this.

From Mrs. Brown’s Boston Freedom Trail trip yesterday:

Some statue fun (Robert Frost and me, Boston statues and Gloriana):

What will YOU come up with?!

 

NH/VT Studies Summer Challenges

Here are two really fascinating state studies opportunities, one for NH kids and one for VT.  They both have aspects your whole family might enjoy as you adventure together.  Have fun!  If you take on your state’s challenge, keep us updated for the summer blog news, okay?
***The Vermont Good Citizen Challenge:
–“This summer’s Good Citizen Challenge asks participants to learn about their communities — and current events — and find ways to lend a hand.”  In addition to a chance to win special prizes,  “all who finish the Challenge will receive a Good Citizen sticker and patch, a pocket-size U.S. Constitution, and an invitation to a VIP reception at the Vermont Statehouse this fall.”

***The NH 603 200th Anniversary State History Scavenger Hunt:
–Starts July 1st.
–“The 603 History Hunt is a statewide scavenger hunt for the State of New Hampshire.  The 603 History Hunt presents players with a series of challenges. There are dozens of challenges players can choose. Some can be completed from just about anywhere in the state, while others are tied to a specific region or location within New Hampshire. Challenges may ask players to complete a variety of tasks, such as film a video, take a photograph, answer a trivia question, or scan a QR code. A point value is attached to each challenge. Players choose which challenges to complete and how many challenges they want to undertake, and they earn points accordingly.  Prizes are awarded based on points earned.”

Summer Serving

From Danielle for the Bokinalas:

“Thank you so much for letting me know about the 17,000 book giveaway – I learned about it from you and one more source on the same day! I trekked out to the book barn with our children.

I thought you’d enjoy seeing that Luke (in yellow) and Natalie (up in the window) made it onto the front page of the newspaper! They were the first people to figure out the book ramp to aid folks in lowering heavy book treasures to the ground. Joshua and I were still inside finding historic Life magazines and missed out on the photo op 😉 While they waited for us they helped many elderly folks to lower their books. It was quite a fun way to serve!”

Geometry Scavenger Hunt-Polygons

One of our celebratory activities on our Forty Book Challenge field trip to the Howe Library was exploring Hanover on a Geometry Scavenger Hunt. We practiced crosswalk safety and sidewalk etiquette. We made new friends all through downtown Hanover. We looked at the world with math eyes wide open.

Each week this summer, I hope to share one of the math hunt items to give you a chance to enjoy the kids’ thoughts and for the kids to “see” their friends again on the blog.  Enjoy!

Forty Book Challenge

These awesome scholars have “finished” the Forty Book Challenge, reading at least forty chapter books so far this year.  Congratulations, mighty readers!  Oh, what amazing places we travel in our minds as we read!

Luke finished in February!

Emmaus and Hudson finished in March!  (P.S.  Miss Blessing finished in March too.)

 

I Will Be Your Home

Our week was filled with deep and relevant Bible discussions.  Our room was alive and on fire for God!  One day we journeyed with Abram, thinking about his faith and about God being our real Home.

Unfortunately, my photos and videos did not come out well enough to create a new video about the journey, but I thought you would enjoy seeing the one from two years ago to help you imagine the experience your child had in this Bible class dramatization.