Posts by jjennings

Bringing Life to Your Homeschooler’s Creative Writing (No Zombie Writing Allowed)

Bring your homeschool student’s creative writing to life with the illustration of zombie writing—a great way to contrast boring and lively writing.

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11 Beyond-the-Obvious Texas Field Trips for Cold (or Wet) Days

Capitol Days: Join THSC for a live and in-session lesson in Austin at the state legislature. Register now for one of three events: THSC.org/capitoldays
Bullock Texas State History Museum, Austin. Best in class.
National Museum of Funeral History puts the “fun” in funeral. Located in Houston.
Just down the street from the Alamo is San Antonio Fire Museum.
The perfect field trip to scare straight any naughty little ones: Gonzales County Jail Museum.
And if that doesn’t do the trick, on to prison they go: Texas Prison Museum in Huntsville.
The sky’s the limit with a trip to McDonald Observatory in Fort Davis.
Escape to subtropic environs on any winter day with a trip to Cockrell Butterfly Center in Houston.
Hit the road and go see the RV Museum in Amarillo.
Learn about the unsung hero of the American West at the National Cowgirl Museum in Fort Worth
Don’t believe their claim about being the world’s only building made entirely of salt (check out the Uyuni Salt Flats), but the Grand Saline, Texas, Salt Palace and Mine is certainly unique and educational.