Cool kid activity
Oct 28, 2002 Homeschooling
I don’t think Noah would be very interested in this yet but if you have any Laura Ingalls fans out there, you might want to get in on this wagon train project: Westward HO! It’s a little like the Oregon Trail computer game. This is from the front page:
Load those wagons……..kiss the kin goodbye………get ready for adventure, drama, comedy, tragedy, and fantastic learning as we hit the Oregon Trail and head out west! Back for its ninth year, this simulated journey allows classes to travel the trail as part of the Westward HO! Wagon Train. In classrooms across the country, collaborative families, based on real families from America’s past, make daily decisions (travel and fate scenarios are provided by the project moderators) that will influence their safe arrival in Oregon.
My homeschooling friend did this with her (then) kindergarten-aged son and they really enjoyed it.
October 28th, 2002 at 6:41 pm
I loved Oregon Trail as a kid! We had it in the school library and I used to play every chance I got. I can’t wait for Maya to be old enough for it. That is so un-Waldorf of me!
October 28th, 2002 at 11:20 pm
How very cool! Monk would love this, I think. I’m going to register.