2024 Events for Homeschoolers
Poetree Day – Friday, April 26
Dress for the weather. Come anytime between 10AM and 2PM and plan to be involved in a menu of STEAM activities for an hour. Bring a picnic if you’d like. The half-mile trail is paved and has some hills. Please use the form at https://forms.gle/qBSgpvuXxVtgBMwx7 to register. This way we can have sufficient materials ready when you arrive. The activities are designed for second through fourth graders but everyone will enjoy them. You can log this experience as academic hours in science, literature, PE, and social studies.
Saturday, June 8 – Teddy Bear’s Picnic
Preschoolers and primary graders will enjoy this fun outdoor party. Come at 3PM, dressed for the weather. You and the children will be outdoors on a half-mile paved walking trail. Games like “fishing”, Pin the nose on the bear, and more will delight everyone and there will be plenty of opportunities for great pictures. The event ends in our picnic area with a sing-along and snacks. If it is a hot day, a misting station will be operating. There will also be bubbles! Sign your child up using this online form so we can have enough supplies ready when you arrive: https://forms.gle/Xw48TmCo9moNUPNF6
Saturday August 24, 2024 – Homeschool Kentucky Christian History Day
Bring the whole homeschooling family for a great day with other homeschoolers from all over Kentucky. We’ll start at 10AM by playing an eye-spy game to learn about a famous Kentucky Christian from the past. After a meet and greet in the picnic area, we’ll do an Arboretum scavenger hunt. Burgers and hotdogs with chips and drinks will be available for sale or you are welcome to bring your own picnic. After lunch we’ll divide up. The kids will play an assortment of games inspired by famous Kentucky Christians. The adults will get tips for maximizing their field trips for their homeschool. The tips will be given by Dr. Lesley Barker, the director of the Kentucky Faith & Public History Education Project. She is a seasoned educator with experience in homeschooling her own seven children along with children from six other families from 1984-2001. She has also taught in Christian schools and public schools. She holds a Master’s degree in teaching and a doctorate in museum studies. She also created programs for homeschoolers at the Bolduc House Museum (now the Centre for French Colonial America) in Ste. Genevieve, Missouri. These were a monthly homeschool activity, regular homeschool history days, and a French Colonial American History class for 7th-12th graders. She brings this heart and experience here to Kentucky. Please use this online form to register for this event: https://forms.gle/hF5y4gnB1J3iHe5d6. Following this event, at 4PM, there will be a Fun Dog Contest. If you want to bring and enter your dog in one of the contests, please let us know on the registration form.
Coming Soon – Kentucky Christian History for Homeschooled 7th – 12th graders
This semester-long course will be delivered virtually with three in-person events in Paris, Kentucky. Students will complete an independent project that they will present to parents and their colleagues at the end of the course. It will be taught by Dr. Lesley Barker.
Kentucky Faith & Public History 