It's not enrichment, this IS the education

I keep forgetting to take my camera. We have been doing some really fun things lately and I keep forgetting to take my camera! It would be so much better to be able to share photos but a simple list will have to suffice for now:

• We are blessed with two performing arts centers within reasonable driving distance, The Peace Center in Greenville and The Brooks Center at Clemson University. So far this year we have attended a performance by the Clemson University Orchestra, A Juggling Play, Tales of Poe, The Mad Scientist, Peter and the Wolf and many more are scheduled through April of next year.
• Logan attends a class each month at The Greenville Zoo and the rest of us tag along for Tell me About it Tuesdays.
• Roper Mountain Science Center hosted Harry Potter Science last week. The most favorite activity was making snotty slime in the potions class. Noah and Logan got to play Muggle Quidditch though I think they have decided that their version is better.
• The Upcountry History Museum offers homeschooling Fridays and so far Noah and Logan have attended twice and all of them are scheduled to attend after the first of the year. The boys have enjoyed learning what people did for entertainment during the depression era, learning to make baseballs with twine and tape and learning how to swing dance. This last class was teaching them about World War 2 war propaganda, focusing on the cartoons produced by Disney during that time.
• In August we had the joy of seeing original Monet paintings as the High Museum in Atlanta and I just received notice that the Leonardo Da Vinci exhibit just opened. Our own local art museum has just opened ther annual children's book illustration exhibit featuring the work of William Steig, creator of Shrek.

These are the things, at least some of the things, that we do. I don't consider them enrichment activities or extras. To think of them like that would consider them as something that could be skipped. These are the things that will not, cannot be missed. They are the education.