{H.E.E.T} Tour of Kroger-Behind the Scenes!

I mentioned recently that I started a Homeschool Tours group in my area. I have named the group H.E.E.T {Home Educators Exploring Together} and the group is really, really growing and having FUN learning together. 

Our most recent tour was of a local Kroger grocery store. We really got the VIP treatment and the children learned SO much on this tour! Our tour guide was so wonderful! She has been homeschooling her children for the past 10 years! It was just perfect:)

The girls learned more about healthy eating/nutrition. Kroger provided goody bags with fresh fruits for the girls to enjoy! They loved it!!

Decorating cookies in the Bakery.

 Elle is such a cute little baker.

I loved being able to help the girls in the bakery!

My first job after graduation from college (many moons ago) was as a District Manager for a retail grocery store. It brought back lots of memories being in a store in this capacity:) We all really enjoyed it!

 

We really got a lot of "hands on" learning. The girls got to all decorate their own Valentine's Day cookies.

Em looked adorable as a little baker girl:)

 Em and Ce Ce had fun riding in the cart and playing with their paper hats.

 The girls' absolute FAVORITE part of the tour---they got to ring up groceries!!!!

 Elle was such a fabulous bagger as well!

 Our girls love to play "cash register at home," but this was the real deal. 

They enjoyed it so much!

 We had to practice food safety and hygiene practices in order to be in the bakery. 

Don't we look funny in our hair nets? LOL.

 The kids learned about recycling cardboard by using a baler.

 They toured the coolers and freezers. Brrrrrhhh.

 The head of the Meat Department was awesome as well!

We learned about food safety, proper cooking temperatures and safe food handling.

The kids got to tour the stock room as well.

Overall, it was a PHENOMENAL experience!! I was so happy with how we were able to arrange the tour. We are looking forward to many more fun adventures!

Just one of the many reasons why we LOVE homeschooling:)

Blessings,

Aria:)

{Homeschool Highlights} 1

Instead of doing a Weekly Wrap-up of our homeschool adventures, I have decided to peridically post some highlights of some of the things we are working on. I am trying to streamline a bit and cut down on my obligations as to avoid burning out really quickly!

Our recent Bible Memory Verse.

I recently blogged about our newest kitchen adventure--our awesome Snack Tray! The girls are really loving this, maybe a bit too much:) They eat so much food!

The girls have also started attending an organized gym class. It is PERFECT because both of the older girls can participate!!! This really makes Em happy!! She loves the gym class and is really blossoming in there:).

Elle continues to really love math and reading! She loves working in her workbooks:).

 Here, Elle was working on some patterns and designed some of her own on her white board.

Working on Phonics.

Doing some Language Arts work.

Elle loves using little flashcards to construct sentences!

Baby CeCe loves to come along and try to take Elle's cards just as fast as she can put them on the table. Elle is comforting a crying Ce Ce, and explaining to her why she could not take her school work. Awwwww, this just melts my heart and makes me LOVE homeschooling even more!!!

The big girls set up a store to work on money lessons. Here Em is showcasing her little wallet with all of her money. Elle decided to use her debit card so she didn't have to figure out the change, lol.

Em still LOVES working with Alphabet Letter Box I made!

Here she is working on some pre-writing worksheets.

 Decorating their Letters!

We need to figure out how to hang them up still.

The girls LOVE using the Alphabet Cards to do some exercising--especially when it is raining outside!

Em is so silly:)

Collecting leaves for fall crafts and math lessons.

Sorting their leaves.

 Em, making her fall wreath of leaves she collected.

Elle, working on her fall wreath.

They turned out so pretty:)

 Doing some leaf rubbings.

 A little science fun---baking soda and vinegar experiment.

Working on more leaf rubbings--even Ce Ce enjoyed this one:)

 We have been studying Australia. Elle made a diorama of the Great Barrier Reef.

 The girls always enjoy going to the Children's Science Center!

 And, of course, Elle just HAD to watch some surgeries:)

 We also took a trip to the local Art Museum. The girls had so much fun!

 The look on Ce Ce's face is priceless:) Em is building silly animals.

Em, 3 years old.

 Elle, 5 years old.

Thank you for sharing our adventures with us. We certainly hope you are enjoying the ride:)

Blessings,

Aria:)