Saturday, March 22, 2014

Real Life Homeschooling - Trip to Victoria

 
We realized the majority of our children have never been on a ferry, so we decided to do a big field trip. School as in "book work" hasn't  been a priority this year but I can guarantee the Brown children have gained a huge education. 
We recently watched the documentary on Netflix called Blackfish this ended up rolling into our aboriginal studies about Orcas. We learned that the Native Symbol Orca or Killer Whales symbolizes family, romance, harmony, travel, community and protection. But more on Native studies later.....
 
We took the kids to the parliament buildings in Victoria. I hadn't been there in years, and oh my goodness is it every beautiful!  We learned random fact all together.  Some of the best times together is when Mom and Dad are learning too.
 

       The construction of the BC Parliament Buildings in 1893 was led by a 25 year old architect by the name of Francis Rattenbury. It was in 1897, during Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee, that the construction was deemed complete.