WATCH Academy--Our Homeschool Years: 2008-01-27

These are some of our favorite school projects from the 2007 school year.

Science: Simple Rolling Machine

Bible/Art: Baby Jesus, Wise Man and the gifts

History: Cuneiform carving

4-H: Papier Mache Dolphin

History/Science: Dinosaur Egg

Art: A children's park

What We Used while living in New Jersey (Oct 2010-Dec 2011)

Arden Theatre -The Borrowers
BCLS Library Card (lots of books)
Downtown Philadelphia: Philadelphia Zoo -1st zoo in US; Independence Halll; Philadelphia Art Museum
Garden State Discovery Museum pass (Please Touch Museum-Philly)
IEW Writing Workshop
Kelsey Theatre at Mercer County College (Twas the Night before Christmas, Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing)
Living Waters Home Educators
LW Enrichment classes (Bold Believers; Weather; Draw, Write, Now; Road Trip USA; American Girl History; Art)
LWHE Drama Club: The Reel Meaning of Christmas, Sister's Thanksgiving, Faith 101: Live Out Loud
LWHE Field Trips downtown Philly: Shofuso Japanese Gardens, Cunningham Piano Company, Philadelphia Ballet Company
LWHE Field trips: Howell Living Farm: sheep shearing, maple sugaring; Reilly's candy store-Medford
Montclair Art Museum-Montclair, NJ
New Egypt Homeschoolers: Field Trips: cookie decorating
Papermill Playhouse; Milburn, NJ - Little House on the Prairie the musical (with Melissa Gilbert)
Red Bank Theatre-Wizard of Oz ballet
Sewing class at Pemberton library (animals, puppets, pin cushions, butterflies, etc)
Thomas A. Edison home and museum-West Orange, NJ

What We've Used in the Past (pre fall 2010)

4-H 2007 (Crafts, Space, Whales & Dolphins)
ACPL Homeschool book club
Alpha-Phonics
Botanical Conservatory pass (Meijer gardens-Grand Rapids)
Country Roads Dance (hip hop/theatre, tap & ballet-2010-11;
Discovery Club Co-op (Book, Fine Arts, Academic-Science; Game)
Explode the Code (1 1/2 & 2 1/2)
FW Children's Zoo Pass (Kalamazoo, Atlanta, Knoxville, Toledo, South Bend)
Kline Creek Farm (working 1900s farm)
Lark in the Park group (Chicagoland)
Lincoln park zoo, free zoo in warrenville?
NPL & ACPL Library Cards
Science Central Pass (Field Museum, Chicago Children's Museum @ Navy Pier, Science & Industry)
Studio 149 Dance (ballet & tap in 2007-8)
The Story of the World-Vol I (okay, we tried it.)

WATCH Academy--Our Homeschool Years