Homeschooling Hands-On: Ranch Day with Cows

Learning comes in many different forms⁠ ⁠ We are now in our 2nd year of homeschooling and feel we are fully embracing what it means to homeschool for our family. This includes weekly hands-on activities like exploring national parks, science experiments, visiting local historical sites, and even caring for show cows.⁠ 🐮⁠ ⁠ We met a family at our home park this past summer and they happen to own a cattle ranch in Texas. We made plans to spend time on their ranch to learn all about cows and what it takes to care for them. ⁠ ⁠ The kids helped care for a cow for the whole day. They feed, bathed, brushed, blow-dried (yes blow-dried the show cows), and did a practice run for a show. It was a day full of learning, questions, wandering around the barns, playing with chickens, and the avoiding cow pies. ⁠ ⁠ The kids still talk about Blossom and Shadow. Talk about a homeschooling win! Doing these types of activities is exactly what I though homeschooling would be like. ⁠ ⁠ ❓ What type of hands-on activities do you have your kids do❓⁠ ⁠ ⁠ 🐮 follow along for more homeschooling tips @exploringoutsidethe303⁠ ⁠