Free Educational Opportunities ~ More Life Skills
September 20, 2008
Today I am enjoying the fruit of having older children, although I'd GLADLY accept any little ones God would send my way. Jeff is working, the girls are gone and I am enjoying a quiet day, cooking and cleaning…all the windows are open with a fall breeze coming through…life is good!
Olivia and Emma have gone to a Goat Workshop. No, we don't have any goats and we don't live where we can have goats, but it is still something good for them to learn about. This workshop is put on by our county Cooperative Extension.They'll cover farming goats, milking them and making goats' milk soap. Maybe someday our dream of living in the country will come true and they can put their knowledge to good use! ;o)
Last week the girls joined the Shooting Sports Club. Again, this is sponsored by our Cooperative Extension. The girls just loved it and Olivia was even interviewed by a local reporter as to why she was interested in a shooting club; she relied, "To help protect my second amendment right!" Which those of you that know Olivia know that answer was no surprise. 
) They then had a nice long conversation.
We have been active in 4-H for 6 or 7 years. 4-H and the Cooperative Extension provide so many opportunities in areas we need to know about for little or no cost. The best thing is you can do as little as you want or as much as you want. Even though Olivia has graduated she can still participate until she is 19.
So you may want to call or stop your county Extension and see what programs are being offered this year. Even if it is something they may not necessarily use right now, such as goat farming, it could be skills they will use later in life.
Just a few things we have done through 4-H and the Cooperative Extension:
Public Speaking (this we have been most active in)
Food Demonstrations
Woodworking
Quilting
Canning
Dairy and Steer Judging
Goat Workshop
Shooting Sports
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Comments (2)
This has been fun so far. We learned about the first moeny minted in the colonies yesterday. I will be taking advantage of everything offered. This is a great web site. Thanks for sharing.
Deauna Kay
Kodiak AK
[...] couple of weeks ago our daughters met a reporter at their shooting club, she was real interested in our girls and why they would want to learn about shooting. That evening [...]