Little Homeschool Blessings: Joyful Moments

Join us for Joyful Moments party at Little Homeschool Blessings.

What brings joy to you and yours? We’d be honored to share in it.

Joyful Moments are at the heart of our homeschool.

The Puppet Show
My Amish Girls
Bike Path
Science Museum
Children's Garden
Fairy Garden
The Zoo

We'd love to see the Joyful Moments in your home. Whether you homeschool or not, feel free to join in every Thursday! Then visit the other links and see Joyful Moments from other places! Just add our button and Leave a link in the comments.

Looking for ideas to make Joyful Moments in your home? Here is some great inspiration!

~Our Bucket List 2011 and Bucket List 2012

~Our Joyful Moments over the years

~fun baths: tea time, bubble baths, clothes bath, rubber toys, washable crayons, wading pool and sink baths

~bed time: hammock stories, sheet parachute, pj walk, star gaze, tent with strings of lights and old sheets

~scouting: tracking, wind direction, animal tracking, letterboxing, geocaching

~camping: at a site, with a group, in backyard, or in living room

~play in rain: in summer with suits or clothes, play in raincoats and willies in spring and fall, go puddle jumping

~winter and snowy days get out with snow suits and boots, sledding, ice skating, building snowmen, drawing in snow, making snow forts, skiing, snow boarding, snowshoeing

~meal time fun: play one good thing (kids tell about one good thing that happened that day), let kids choose meal, joke night, pj dinners (that happens a lot around here), dessert first, use fine china, challenge night, eat everything with straws, all yellow food, etc., party dinner, eat under the table, indoor camping dinner, have a surprise guest

~ parties for no reason-dinner parties with balloons and streamers, teddy bear parties, tea parties, dessert smorgas board style

~exploring: go for a nature walk, fossil or arrowhead hunting, caves, junior ranger programs, archaeological sites, waterfalls, parks, ghost towns, rock climbing, bird watching

~collecting: rock, fossil, flint, bug, flower
~projects: candle making, model building, robotics, wood kits,

~museums: art galleries, living history museums, historical society, children's museums, science center, natural history, nature center, aviary, observatory, planetarium, arboretum, wetlands, botanical gardens
~rough housing: pillow fights, wrestle-we play "I'm the winner!",

~foods: special breakfast, root beer floats, morning “coffees” or afternoon teas, bake cookies, make candied apples, bento boxes

~out-to-eat: ice cream shops, restaurants with patios, go on a restaurant hop-stop and get one thing from different places, go to bakeries, themed restaurants, ethnic restaurants

~plan something special for Poppa: posters, candlelight dinners, cards, hugs and kisses, plan a show, make his favorite meal, do recitations, foot and neck rubs

~outdoor games: hide-n-seek, tag, dance contests, water fights, play Frisbee, badmitten, ball, running games,

~out and about: carnivals, fairs, farms, hatcheries, nurseries, festivals, concerts, ferries, parades, fireworks, bowling, miniature golfing, train rides, zoos, aquariums, fun center, go to beaches and piers, musicals, farmer's markets and roadside stands, orchards, roller skating, library programs, swimming, ballets, orchestras, symphonies, children's theaters, plays, go-carts, fishing,

~family time: charades, sing-a-longs, joke contests, popcorn and movie, board games, puzzles, puppets, plays, have a reading session with books, warm cookies, and cold milk

~family bonding: take a class together or create a family collection: coins, stamps, postcards

~family trips: fishing trips, hiking trips, bike rides, sailing,

~backyard: bubbles, play in mud, have playground marathons, picnic, treasure hunt, lie in hammock, watch the clouds, rocketry, model airplanes, garden, outdoor art

~autumn: play in leaves, go to a pumpkin patch, go to fall festival, go to a fair, climb trees, fly kites

~crafting: needlework, stamping, draw, paint, origami, mask making, ceramics

Wishing you homeschool blessings,
Bethany

Out in the Garden