Do you need some gift ideas for a traveling child? Are you looking for the travel toys for preschoolers and toddlers? The toys on this list are especially well-suited to travel. They are all small, light, and also pack easily.
Do you suffer from decision fatigue while family trip planning? I certainly do. In fact, I have a full on case of it right now! A lot of it is caused by having to plan a great trip for four different people, with different personalities. That’s right, it’s time to plan a family trip! Spring break, to be specific. During one of the most expensive times of the year, I need to plan a family friendly vacation. I can’t decide where to go on vacation!
It’s happening! I think with a delightful, giddy air. I finally get to see a T-Rex skeleton in real life!* As we entered the exhibit, the T-Rex greets us with it’s fearsome teeth and incredible size. It’s impressive, bringing awe to our faces. Maybe it also brings a little fear into our hearts. However, we didn’t let that prevent us from learning all about dinosaurs at the Center of Science and Industry, aka COSI, in Columbus, Ohio. We even got to touch real fossils!
One of the things I wanted to do before leaving the Columbus, Ohio area was to visit COSI (Center of Science and Industry). I’d heard great things about the COSI Kidspace. Would you believe I got my act together about a month before we moved? I was SO proud of myself. Until the parking lot exit incident.
Other than the parking lot issue, I liked the museum. As always, the big question: Did the kids like it?
“It’s nice to meet you! You’re going to homeschool, right?” She said. “You shouldn’t homeschool. You should send your kids to school here in Mexico.”
I was taken aback. However, it ended up being the norm here. I would meet an expat and they would immediately tell me to not homeschool my children in Mexico. The two biggest (and only) reasons given?
I took the kids to the Columbus Museum of Art in Columbus, Ohio, for the first time when they were toddlers. It was also my first visit there! Of course, I’ve been to museums before, but not with kids in tow. Given that it’s an art museum, I thought it would be stuffy and boring. I also thought I’d feel stress about them potentially touching everything. As toddlers do.
Is it one of the kid friendly things to do in Columbus, Ohio?
I want my children to speak at least one additional language than our native one. I want to immerse them in another language, but I am not ready to sell everything to travel the world or settle somewhere else long term. How am I going to encourage language learning while staying true to my unschooling philosophy? Just how do I make the world my classroom?