First day back from Christmas break was an exciting one!! Once a month I organize a Homeschooler's Fieldtrip Club. We meet on the 2nd Monday of the month. For January, we invited House of Reptiles to come to our church and give a hands-on two hour presentation for our group of almost 80 parents and kids. It was quite a time. Better than the zoo!
They brought 20 animals to show and tell about: Madagascar Hissing Cockroaches, a tarantula, a giant millipede (all common foods for reptiles and amphibians of the world), a yellow bearded dragon, leopard gecko, fat-tailed gecko, a 4 month old alligator, a huge toad (forgot the name), a giant turtle from Africa (I think he was a couple years old, and expected to get as big as a semi-truck tire-WOW!), and several different snakes...a corn snake, king snake, gardner snake, albino-something snake, and a 6 foot python(expected to grow to 20 feet!!!).
It was a fantastic experience just to see how the kids reacted to the animals -- teetering on excitement and fear over and over again. It was especially hilarious to see how the parents reacted too! I'm laughing out loud right now just thinking of the gals hiding their faces and sticking out their tongues. lolol
Most thrilling of all, at the very end, my kids all got to hold the corn snake...something they'd never gotten to do before. I loved seeing each one of them conquer their fear as they watched Mr. Scott put the 3-4 foot snake over their heads and rest it on their shoulders. Gracie, my niece, being especially brave, since she's had a phobia of snakes for a long time. She didn't even like looking at a picture of one!! You can see by the pictures above, she held it over her shoulders, but THAT was about it. lolol She was a trooper!
All in all, we had a great time. We met some new friends. And now we look forward to searching out more info on some of the animals we learned about.
My children had a presentation similar to that. It was awesome. My daughter and about 8 other children held this huge yellow and white snake. While my son, who is normal quite fearful, road an alligator named Bubba! The alligator's mouth was not bound, and my son got on and road this huge full grown alligator. It was excellent, as well as exciting! thanks for sharing
Hi! My name is Deborah, and I want to thank you for taking a moment out of your busy day to visit Home For Him. I hope in some small way that you find encouragement and ideas for not only your homeschooling experience, but also your walk with God. I live in Kentucky with my Honey of 17 years, our three adventureous kids, and our small zoo of two dogs, a cat, a bird and three reptiles. Together, we have a heart for serving, and a love for studying God's Word and learning about His creation. Welcome to our world!
The Serious and Organized One ~ "Bri Guy" likes to read, play soccer, listen to music, build bionicles, collect pocketknives, hang out with friends, go to CBS, and be with family.
The Creative Dreamer ~ "Sissy Lou" likes to write on her blog, love on her pets, rides horses, scrapbook, read, play soccer, be with her girlfriends, and study the Bible.
The Extreme Goof ~ "Con Man" likes to do math, play football and soccer, snowboard, make people laugh, build bionicles, play with his dogs, play with friends, build forts, and go to small group at church.
Deborah
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