Hurry! This brand new program is filling up fast! On December 1, 2016, homeschoolers ages 8-12 are invited to spend the night at Holliday Park. During Homeschool Overnight, students will cook dinner on a campfire, dissect owl pellets, meet an owl, and do a night hike. Breakfast will be provided the next morning. This program begins on the first at 5:30 and will end at 9:30 the next morning. Holliday […]

Celebrate all things creepy and crawly at Southeastway Park during Homeschool Bug Fest. If you’ve been to the public Bug Fest before, things are a little different for the homeschool version. At Homeschool Bug Fest, there are three stations that participants rotate between. Each station has an instructor that will teach the participants about the subject, be able to answer questions, and really get in-depth with the kids (as opposed […]

On Tuesday, August 30, and Tuesday, September 13, 2016, homeschoolers can enjoy Conner Prairie at the group rate, without needing a group! Take advantage of $5.50 admission for students and free admission for teachers (that’s you). Any extra adults can come along for $8.50. Explore all the fun outdoor activities Conner Prairie has to offer, including 1836 Prairietown, the 1863 Civil War Journey, the nature walk, the new Treetop Outpost, […]

Magic, improv, storytelling, mimes… These are just a few of the things you will find in Lawrence next weekend! Partnerships for Lawrence has teamed up with IndyFringe to bring us the Children’s Theatre Festival at the Theater at the Fort! In addition to two days full of performances, there will also be other fun stuff going on as well! Best Friend Books will be on site to sign books, food […]

My family is not exactly what you’d call “outdoorsy.” I like the IDEA of camping, but the fact is my experience with it is minimal. I bought one of those “instant” tents, in which you basically just have to pull the corners and it sets itself up, and I still had to read the instructions about five times. I don’t know how to light a campfire, I never remember bug […]

It’s summer! One of the most fun things the hubs and I did last summer was attend Carmel Clay Parks & Recreation’s Monon Mixer. What’s a Monon Mixer, you ask? It’s a 21 and over night at the Waterpark, complete with live music, concessions, and local wine and beer. This year, soda will be available free for designated drivers. During the Mixer, cabanas are available first come, first serve. There are two different […]

Thank you to Zionsville Farmers’ Market for sponsoring this post. I. Love. Strawberries. I love to eat them on their own. I love them on pancakes and waffles. I love them in smoothies. In ice cream and milkshakes. Baked in a pie… Really, I could go on and on like Bubba from Forrest Gump. But my very favorite way to enjoy them is as strawberry shortcake. If there’s one thing […]

Every Thursday this summer, admission to the Indiana Historical Society is FREE all day, and they are staying open until 8 p.m. In the evening, there will be Concerts on the Canal which offers free seating on the grass (or paid reserve seating on the Terrace). In addition to all the regular exhibits in the History Center, there will be different pop-up exhibitions in Eli Lilly Hall each week. The Indiana […]

The first and third Tuesdays of each month bring us homeschool open gym at Gymnastics Unlimited.  As the name suggests, homeschoolers get free rein of the BIG gym.  There are trampolines, an inflatable bouncy thing (slide? house? I don’t know, but a big thing the kids love), a swinging rope that lands them in a big pit of foam cubes, and more.  This is a really fun time where the […]

Just to the northeast of Indianapolis lies one of my favorite little towns, Fortville. It’s just minutes from Lawrence, Geist, and Fishers, and easy to get to from most other areas as well. Fortville is everything you could ever want from an Indiana town. Friendly neighbors, interesting locally owned shops, delicious food, and one of the best features: Ten West Center for the Arts. Ten West is a really cool […]