Good for you both!! All well said.
Everything, the curriculum and activities and trips—even church on Sunday!—all meshes together into a really holistic approach to learning.
My 8-year old son is an nature nut. He’s learning Latin. He also got these for Christmas and is also learning electronics during his play time: http://www.snapcircuits.net/
My 10 year old son got snapcircuits for Christmas and he loves it - has already put about every combo together and is now experimenting with different stuff.