James Hendrickson, 11, explores near the backyard of his home in Rochester, Minnesota. James and his sister June, 7, just recently began homeschooling. "For us play is a lot of the purpose of having them homeschooled. That they get to really enjoy, they get to really engage with something deeply, their imagination, exploration. There is a lot more learning that is going on in that. I trust the play that they do as a kid to be will be really good for them long term," Brandon, James' dad said.
James and June do an experiment with their mom Kristin using dry ice and soap outside their home in Rochester. "The minute we switched to distance learning, we knew it wasn't going to work with them, so we realized it was a chance to start doing homeschooling earlier," Brandon Hendrickson said. The COVID-19 pandemic kickstarted a dream they've always had of homeschooling their children.