Struggling teaching the subjects I love

01/29/2019 Danielle Huddleston Leave a comment

I love teaching history.

It’s my favorite subject and definitely one of the easiest subjects for me to teach.

But for the past several years I have struggled teaching it.

My oldests boys are getting more and more independent in their learning so they don’t need me to line up projects for them or read to them. I do a little bit with my 4yr old for her preschool but am pretty limited in time and attention span with her.My twins have to learn separately so trying to do things all together does not usually work out.

Every once in a while I try but it usually does not end well.

Add to that we struggle to get the main subjects done with the twins and I had to give up extra ones for now.

They get a little bit from documentaries and sometimes I have the boys read them school books at bedtime but the fun extras just don’t make it right now.

I used to share a lot more of our homeschool on here but this is one of the reasons I don’t share as much.

Do you get to teach all the subjects you want to in your school or do you have seasons that you just have to buckle down and get the main things done also?

Camping, Hiking, Parks

Robbers Cave State Park ~Wilburton, OK

01/17/2019 Danielle Huddleston Leave a comment

I started working on this post at the beginning of the week but colds and allergy scares have hit hard this week.
So what can you do if you are worried about your child having an allergic reaction to something?

My best advice would be to carry a small first aid kit with you that has some children’s benadryl tablets in it.

It might buy you enough time to get help.

I carry it with me everywhere and it helps put my mind at ease.

My twins have some pretty bad allergies and while camping we have had some reactions pop up.

We do have epi-pens for them but benadryl has thankfully been enough so far.

I carry a small backpack with me on hikes like this so an epi-pen or benadryl is always close by.

I am glad that we can be prepared but still go on fun adventures like Robber’s Cave. This place is a great stop for adventure loving kids. Our camping spot was directly across from the path to the nature center which was nice! I like camping at places with natures centers(or museums nearby) and hiking paths.

It gives us some options on keeping the kids busy in different weather.

Robber’s cave has some fun boat rentals also.

Always something to work on when we take longer trips. This park is unique because of the amazing climbing it has. There are several trails to get to the cave and they range from very difficult to pretty easy. My boys of course wanted to take the hardest path.I might have gotten stuck once or twice.At the nature center.Our pretty spot.Back to the rock climbing.Goof A place like this terrified me when my boys were little and we still made sure to keep a close eye on all the kids and a tight hold on our littlest hand.There was a boy scout troop there when we were though and they were all just running around climbing like crazy. So maybe I am just paranoid. There are steep drop offs though so if you have little ones that is something to keep in mind. The CCC trail is about difficult but not the hardest way to the cave.This is the easiest way that I know off.

Still a bit of climbing at the end.

Great way to finish our trip last month!

Here is a video I made of our trip!

Museums/Events

Megalodon ~Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History

01/07/2019 Danielle Huddleston Leave a comment

We went to see the Megalodon Exhibit at the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History before it left and as a bonus found snow!My kids were so excited with this little bit of snow!

We ended up getting a membership because it cost almost the same as one visit for our family.

We run into this often as a larger family.

This museum had a great deal for large families though!

$45 for 2 adults and unlimited children!

We have often had to pay for additional children because a family membership only includes 2-4 children.

My second oldest loves everything dinosaur and ancient so this was an early birthday trip for him.

I asked him if he wanted to go see the Megalodon Exhibit before it left or wait and do something closer to his birthday and he said see the Megalodon Exhibit.

He was a bit disappointed with the amount of information about Megalodons in the exhibit and said he wished they had a scale replica of one though.

He seemed to still find it interesting though and always enjoys looking at the dinosaur exhibits at this museum so I am glad we got a membership and can hopefully go again a few more times this year.

They did have a lot of nice hands on things in the exhibit which is always nice.