Welcome and a Free Offer

Welcome to The Traveling Praters! If you are stopping by from the Homeschool Channel and this is your first visit, I’d like to offer you a special gift and quickly tell you a bit about me and my site.

I am a homeschooling mom of three teenagers that has spent extensive time on field trips and traveling with my husband’s job, which once lead us to be a full-time RV family! You can read more about me and my family on my About Page. 

I mainly write about the fun, family friendly, educational travel that we experience, travel tips, money saving secrets, and homeschool curriculum reviews.  If you’re interested in some of those posts, My Top Ten of 2011 will give you a good example of what I share at The Traveling Praters.

I also share information on upcoming Homeschool Days, like the 2012 Winter Homeschool Days at the Creation Museum and other family friendly events.

I am currently updating my site and have some exciting changes planned. If you’d like to know when this happens, you may choose to stay in touch by:

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As promised, I have a special gift just for stopping by my site Field Trip Notebooking Pages, a free excerpt from my upcoming family travel e-book, due to be released in February 2012. 

I hope you enjoy what I’ve put together for you and I hope to see you here again!

Free Admission to the Huntsville Botanical Garden when you Donate a Gently Used or New Coat for any Age

Whether we are strolling through the butterfly house, playing in the tree houses, checking out the scarecrows on Scarecrow Trail or  attending a special event, my family LOVES to visit the Huntsville Botanical Garden. I’m so glad that we have a membership because we use it all the time!

Thursday, October 21st,   the botanical garden will be waiving admission for anyone that donates a new or gently used coat for a person of ANY age for the Community Coats program that is affiliated with the local chapter of the Salvation Army! 

Find details here.

A Few Ideas for Free Summer Fun!

Our local public schools have embarked on their summer break here in Northern Alabama and as a result the local attractions are gearing up for some wonderful, fun summer programs that my family is eager to check out and hopefully participate in. From guided nature walks to day camps to summer reading programs to movies in the park, it seems like everyone in the community has something going on and you know what? Many of these programs are low cost or FREE!

I know you don’t all live in my neck of the woods, so I’ve scoured the internet to find free programs that may be accessible to you wherever you call home.

My family are huge fans of the National Parks and we visit every chance we get. Do you know that they will be offering several free days this summer? You can go here for a list of dates and more information. Of course, many of the parks offer free or low-cost admission on a daily basis.

Did you know that Target offers Free or discounted admission to arts and cultural museums and events in various cities across the United States?

Follow this link to read the rest of the article, Adventures in Relaxed Homeschooling: A Few Ideas for Free Summer Fun.

Pink Palace Anyone? Here's a Free Summer Membership!

Have you heard of the Pink Palace Museums in Memphis, TN? Do you live within driving distance or will be planning a trip to Memphis this summer? If so you won't want to miss an opportunity to sign up for a FREE Summer Membership to the Pink Palace Family of Museums. That's right, FREE! I already signed up so I know we'll be headed to Memphis. If you're interested check out this link but hurry because this offer will expire on May 31st!