Yesterday we ventured into our great city to pay a visit to the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. This was Aidan’s second visit to Orchestra Hall. We came for a school program on the work of Mozart, an outing organized by CAHFT (Chicago Area Homeschool Field Trips). It was good fun. The Chicago Symphony OrchestraThe conductor did [...]
city, culture, and chinese food
February 27th, 2010
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Tags: chinatown · family fun · music · photos · world culture
around the world in four hours
February 27th, 2010
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Several months back Aidan started as a Cloverbud with a local homeschool 4H group. And last Sunday was our first fair–the International Fair. The fair consisted of a number of South Suburban 4H groups all presenting their work for the past year on a particular country of each group’s choice. Aidan’s group had chosen Egypt [...]
Tags: 4H · history · photos · socializing · world culture
budding social activist
February 10th, 2010
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I’m totally psyched up for our new unit in Earth Scouts, the youth group that I lead along with my friend Heidi. At first when Heidi and I decided it was time to move away from our safety net of concentrating on nature and decided to attempt this new unit of “economic justice,” I felt [...]
Tags: earth scouts · service-learning · sustainability · volunteering · world culture
