Carnival of Homeschooling for Homesick Campers

Carnival of Homeschooling for Homesick Campers

Hosted this week at Dewey’s Treehouse…

Trees, canoes, and crickets in your sleeping bag. Swimming, counsellors, talent shows, hot dogs, mosquitoes, and lost laundry. Summer camp!
Well, sort of. Mama Squirrel’s only experience as a summer camper was at a local budget-version Girl Guide Camp, a relic from the ’40′s right down to the lats, the songs (“We wear our brothers’ shirts, we wear our fathers’ ties”) and the marching around the flag pole. We didn’t have canoes or swimming, since the camp was built in an old schoolyard; they just hosed us off every couple of days or when things got desperate. We brailed our tents, cooked our lunch, washed our own pots over our own campfires and then, hi ho hi ho, walked the half mile into the village to buy pop at the Red and White. Read more…