One Reason I LOVE Homeschooling

We’re working our way through the states, learning the basic facts like the capital cities and each state’s nickname. Where also reading lots of fun books on the each state.This week we’re in Maine and our focus has been on lighthouses. We’ve learned about the true story of a young girl named Abbie who kept the lighthouse burning during a terrible winter storm while her father was away.

We got the Reading Rainbow version of the book on DVD and Lavar took us on a tour of a lighthouse and then read a book I had in my to be read pile. The Little Red Lighthouse and the Great Grey Bridge was set in NYC, so I had tucked it away for another day when we studied NY. But after seeing it on Reading Rainbow we decided to read it together.

It was a sweet story about feeling needed but the best part came at the end when the author said “And every day the people who go up Riverside Drive in New York City turn to look at it (the little red lighthouse.) For there they both are- the great grey brigde and the little red lighthouse. If you don’t believe it, so see for yourself!

So that’s just what we did. We searched Google Earth and SAW the little RED lighthouse! It was so neat to be able to make a story come alive and actually SEE something right in my pajamas in the comfort of our home.

And that’s one of the reasons I love homeschooling!