There are No Better Lessons
than Real-Life Lessons
On the road, lessons to explore and discover are plentiful. We will learn subjects from social studies to science, language arts and mathematics to health and safety on a hands-on basis.
We will keep a journal and make drawings that describe our observations. Absorbing nature, reading maps, meeting new people and exploring the country will contribute to a real-life learning experience.
There is an unlimited number of the topics that we can study on our journey. Here is just a sampling by category.
Social Studies
- National geography and topography
- Map use
- Acquiring food and food sources
- Local customs and music
- Time zones
- Exploration and discovery
Science
- Nature study
- Animals, including birds and habitats
- Insects, mammals, reptiles
- Seeds, bulbs, plants, flowers
- Grouping and classification
- Environment of the local region
- The human body
- Earth and its history
- Oceans and the hydrosphere
- Air and water pollution
- Earth and sky
- Sun, moon, planets
- Constellations
- Exploring space
- Solar energy
Language Arts
- Phonics
- Enunciation and pronunciation
- Readiing practice
- Creating stories and poems
- Narration
- Basic punctuation and capitalization
- Beginning handwriting
- Reading silently and aloud
- Alphabetizing, dictionary guide words
- Foreign languages: Spanish
Mathematics
- Counting, reading, writing to 1,000
- Counting by 2's, 5's and 10's
- Adding and subtraction facts
- Basic multiplication facts
- Concepts of equality and inequality
- Using ½ and ¼ appropriately
- Weight, volume
- Length, shape
- Temperature, time
- Calendar, charts, graphs
Health and Safety
- Establish habits: hygiene, including dental
- Caring for home (tent) environment
- Nutrition
- General safety rules (bicycle especially)
- Basic food groups
- proper balance of activities
- The body
- Muscular system
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