| As homeschool parents we are always looking for | | | | tradition is to log it in the log book in the cache, |
| creative ways to do things and interesting ways | | | | practicing writing, and take an item and leave an |
| to integrate learning ideas together while making it | | | | item of equal value, usually some type of little |
| all interesting. I enjoy commingling all of this with | | | | trinket. When you are finished hide the cache in |
| technology to give my children a cutting edge | | | | the same location you found it and log it on the |
| experience that will serve them well in the future. | | | | internet. |
| Geo caching is a new game that has homeschool, | | | | I am not even going to go into how many lessons |
| technology and fun written all over it, if you have | | | | you could work into something like this or you |
| never heard or geo caching it is simply a world | | | | could just use this a reason to get out into the |
| wide scavenger hunt. It utilizes GPS, the internet | | | | great outdoors with your kids and do something |
| and good ole hide and seek. | | | | fun. There are geo caches all over the world, |
| The basic premise is that you find a geo cache in | | | | some are hard to find and others are child's play, |
| your area, which is basically just a hidden stash, | | | | but no matter where you are I am sure there is |
| the coordinates can be found on the internet, and | | | | one fairly close. |
| a handheld GPS unit must be used to try to | | | | This activity gives kids the opportunity to get up |
| pinpoint the coordinates and find the cache. It | | | | close and personal with location aware technology. |
| may sound easy, but caches are usually hidden in | | | | I am sure they have seen similar technology in |
| remote areas like parks or forest. It can be quite | | | | the car or on your phone but this is a much more |
| a journey and there could be many obstacles like | | | | exiting application and one that they are sure to |
| rivers or gorges in your way. | | | | remember. |
| Talk about unschooling! This will give you the | | | | Technology and different types of home school |
| opportunity to teach about all things wilderness, | | | | software give parents the ability to take their |
| including respect for the environment, camping, | | | | child's learning to the next level and have fun in or |
| survival, map reading, geology, forestry, etc. The | | | | out of the class room. |
| list is up to you. When you find the cache the | | | | |