Ever since I was a little girl, I admired the young Princess Alexandrina Victoria, who would become one of the longest reigning royals in the history of Great Britain. Each year, I like to use Victoria Day as a starting point for studies of Canadian geography, history, and government. Queen Victoria had a huge
Our daughters and grandson have always loved penguins, so when our local zoo opened the largest permanent penguin exhibit in North America, I knew it would be a hit with our family. Home to Humboldt, gentoo, king, and rockhopper, the Penguin Plunge exhibit is a realistic rocky shoreline complete with a waterfall and dive
March is now upon us, and with its (hopefully) milder weather come thoughts of moving outdoors with our homeschool activities. We especially enjoy doing crafts and experiments out in the sunshine (so much easier to clean up), and like having the space to spread out. During the colder months we rely on visiting homeschool
Did you know that the original Louisiana Purchase extended north into what are now the provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan in Canada? When the French ceded its colony in Canada to the British, the boundary between the Hudson Bay territory and Louisiana wasn’t specified. There had seemed no need since there was little settlement