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Educational Travel on a Shoestring: Frugal Family Fun and Learning Away from Home
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Item Description...
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Shows parents how they can help their children learn--and have a blast--while traveling, offering practical information for parents who want to have more fun with their kids, build closer family ties, and enjoy richer educational experiences--all without spending a fortune.Original.
Publishers Description
Educational Travel on a Shoestring shows parents how they can help their children learn–and have a blast–while traveling. From researching destinations to sharing activities that both teach and entertain, this priceless guide offers practical information for parents who want to have more fun with their kids, build closer family ties, and enjoy richer educational experiences–all without spending a fortune.
Judith Waite Allee and Melissa L. Morgan coauthored Homeschooling on a Shoestring: A Jam-Packed guide for Parents.
Judith has visited “un-met friends” in sixteen states and Mexico, along with her husband, John, and daughter, Nancy. They've had the privilege of staying with families who participate in hospitality programs, giving them an insider's view from a friendly front porch, instead of a stranger's view from a motel room. Judith's Web site, www.DreamsOnAShoestring.com, offers a free e-mail newsletter for educational family travelers. As former foster parents, she and her husband have traveled with up to three children. Judith speaks on a variety of topics, including parenting, family literacy, advocacy for children in foster care, and homeschooling.
Melissa L. Morgan and her three children travel with her husband on business, on treks across the country to visit family, and on numerous field trips, taking advantage of educational opportunities in the real world. Melissa currently writes an online newsletter, Parents Are Teachers, and manages a Web site, www.eaglesnesthome.com, to provide a forum and resources for Christian writers and homeschoolers. |
Item Specifications...
Pages 400
Dimensions: Length: 1.25" Width: 5.75" Height: 9.25"
Weight: 1.2 lbs.
Binding Softcover
Release Date Jan 15, 2002
Publisher Shaw Books
ISBN 0877882045
EAN 9780877882046
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About this Author/Artist <b>Judith Waite Allee</b> and <b>Melissa L. Morgan</b> coauthored <i>Homeschooling on a Shoestring: A Jam-Packed guide for Parents.</i> <br><br>Judith has visited “un-met friends” in sixteen states and Mexico, along with her husband, John, and daughter, Nancy. They’ve had the privilege of staying with families who participate in hospitality programs, giving them an insider’s view from a friendly front porch, instead of a stranger’s view from a motel room. Judith’s Web site, www.DreamsOnAShoestring.com, offers a free e-mail newsletter for educational family travelers. As former foster parents, she and her husband have traveled with up to three children. Judith speaks on a variety of topics, including parenting, family literacy, advocacy for children in foster care, and
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 | A book for grandparents too! Jan 10, 2007 |
This guide for family travel is a must-have for both parents and grandparents. I wish I had read it prior to a recent spring break visit from my son and family. We went to Disneyland. What a mob scene! Many of the suggestions in this book would have been fun and more meaningful to all of us, as well as less costly and much less stressful.
Authors Judith Waite Allee and Melissa Morgan draw on their own experiences traveling with families plus much research. Their ideas can turn a cross country trip into daily adventures and take the stress out of travel with children. It is overflowing with ideas and resources to make travel educational and fun, whether a long trip or day trips around your own town.
Practical tips for all aspects of travel, from planning and budgeting to extending the memories and learning after the trip are included. Involving children in the planning stages of the trip is in itself a learning project and helps bond families and create a shared history. The book is packed with ideas on where to start.
Allee and Morgan discuss funding your trip and traveling on a budget. Children can participate and learn from this experience too. Budget travel does mean you can have rewarding experiences and lots of fun. Another chapter covers earning money on the road to extend family travel.
Grandparents will find many ideas for traveling with grandchildren, creating special memories without spending a lot of money. The authors mention a couple with an RV taking their young grandchildren across town to a park for the night. The boys still talk about that "camping trip" ten years later.
Even adults traveling without children will get some excellent ideas for enriching their travels. For example, the authors mention that Lake Champlain has a bike path that goes all the way around it. What fun to park your RV or car, head out on bicycles and see museums and historic sites around the lake or do sections in a series of day trips. The area is rich in history; the French and Indian War, the Revolution and War of 1812 were all fought in this area.
Both families and individuals can find volunteer experiences of all types. Some take less than a day while others are longer and could even involve travel overseas.
The Resource Section is extensive. Educational Travel on a Shoestring makes an excellent gift for families. While you are at it, get one for yourselves, both for ideas when the grandkids visit and ways to add interest to your travels. | | | | This Book is Great! Sep 23, 2004 |
| I really enjoyed this book on how to save money traveling. There are a lot of good creative & uncommon tips. My website www.couponcorner.net is also listed in this book as a good resource for saving money at restaurants. I was given a copy of this book by the author and I really liked it! | | | Write your own review about Educational Travel on a Shoestring: Frugal Family Fun and Learning Away from Home
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