by carl376 | Nov 8, 2017 | Blog, Cross Canada Road Trip, Home Learning
Halifax is a nice city, and Nova Scotia is one of the nicest, if not THE nicest, province we’ve visited on our cross Canada road trip. We loved the heritage homes and the small town feel, along with the beautiful surroundings. If we ever move anywhere, I’m...
by carl376 | Nov 7, 2017 | Blog, Cross Canada Road Trip, Home Learning
Ethan loves science and math. He loves building things and experimenting and often has ideas for things he’d like to make. So, he loves it when there is a science centre in the places we’ve visited on our cross Canada road trip. If you’re planning on...
by carl376 | Nov 6, 2017 | Blog, Cross Canada Road Trip, Home Learning
We loved Newfoundland. It was an amazing time, which included making new friends and reaching the Atlantic Ocean. But it was time to head west and that meant taking the ferry from Port Aux Basques to North Sydney, Nova Scotia. We wanted to take the daytime ferry, but...
by carl376 | Nov 5, 2017 | Blog, Cross Canada Road Trip, Home Learning
It’s cold! And windy! Actually, it’s crazy windy. It was so windy that last night’s and this morning’s ferries to North Sydney from here in Port Aux Basques were cancelled. We knew from our experience up on Signal Hill in St. John’s that...
by carl376 | Nov 4, 2017 | Blog, Cross Canada Road Trip, Home Learning
I mentioned that we were sleeping at Tim Hortons last night, and it worked out perfectly. That’s the great thing about a VW Westfalia… the small footprint lets you stop just about anywhere. Since this Tim’s was open 24 hours, we didn’t expect...
by carl376 | Nov 4, 2017 | Blog, Cross Canada Road Trip, Home Learning
I’m renaming the blog posts, and will likely update the past ones, too. I was using “Home Learning Journal” because I thought SelfDesign, Ethan’s independent school where he is enrolled as a homeschooler, would need to see the posts....
by carl376 | Nov 3, 2017 | Blog, Cross Canada Road Trip, Home Learning
After a night of trick-or-treating, it was time to do some final sightseeing in St. John’s. We’ve loved our time here but with possible colder weather coming, it’s best to enjoy one more day before moving on. Video to come. Morning The night before...
by carl376 | Nov 1, 2017 | Blog, Cross Canada Road Trip, Home Learning
Last night, we camped at Signal Hill in the upper parking lot… then the lower because it was SO windy! But the day turned out to be a lot of fun with the Geo Centre and Halloween, so the van shaking all night long from the wind was quickly forgotten. Video to...
by carl376 | Oct 31, 2017 | Blog, Cross Canada Road Trip, Home Learning
Today, we spent some time wandering around St. John’s and loved the charm of the city and the friendliness of the people. Ethan met some new friends and we experienced the majesty of Signal Hill. Video to come. Morning Ethan started his day by doing some reading and...
by carl376 | Oct 29, 2017 | Blog, Cross Canada Road Trip, Home Learning
Sometimes, when you’re on a major road trip like ours, you just have to rest and do nothing. Today was one of those days, and I had some major catching up to do with the learning observations for Ethan. Luckily, there was a Starbucks just up the street from the...
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