Hands on Learning with Educational Travel

Educational travel gives everyone an opportunity to learn hands-on, regardless of learning style or challenges. Yes, sometimes travel involves hardships…such as in our family, traveling with a medically fragile child. The first time, it was a little scary, making sure we had a way to deal with special needs away from home. Over time, we found that our family had changed our vacation goals to learning, bonding as a family, seeking God’s will for our lives…as we’ve slowed down, lowered expectations, gotten away from outside influences and pressures, we’ve circled the wagons and grown closer as a family. And now we find ourselves reaching out and bonding with other families as well, sharing different experiences and growing together.

Leave space in your educational travel plans for unexpected experiences and adventures, such as our recent trip to the Creation Museum (http://www.creationmuseum.org in KY, which was amazing. We loved the life size models and enjoyed the Ark, the dinosaurs, the Planetarium. In a KY tour guide, we also saw a brief listing of the Garden of Hope, in Covington, KY. The Garden, which offers a spectacular view of downtown Covington and Cincinnati, contains a replica of the empty tomb of Christ. "He is not here, for He is risen!" We looked the Garden of Hope up in our hotel phone directory, called them, and ended up with a personal tour and a new friend. This out of the way spot ended up being an unplanned, but memorable highlight of our trip. If you are in the area, don't miss it! Click here for Garden of Hope information and pictures: http://www.staynky.com/news/000190.html http://www.nkyviews.com/kenton/kenton258.htm
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Visit my web site for a link to free educational travel tips and freebies, at http://www.eaglesnesthome.tips.html . For more tips and freebies get your own copy of our new Educational Travel on a Shoestring Electronic Resource Guide for only $6.98. The electronic Resource Guide is a downloadable e-book in Adobe Pdf format, with 79 pages of travel freebies, cheapies and tips for frugal educational and homeschooling travel and field trips. Let us know your choice of having the e-book e-mailed to you (after your confirmed payment), or if you prefer, you will receive instructions on how to download the e-book. Contact Eaglesnesthome at school@NOMORESPAMeaglesnesthome.com (remove NOMORESPAM from the e-mail address to send.) for ordering instructions or call 740-964-5575. Also, don't leave home without reading our hard copy books, "Eduational Travel on a Shoestring" and "Homeschooling on a Shoestring" (available through your favorite book outlet or library.) Happy trails!