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WHY? Our Journey Into Homeschooling
Sunday, June 11, 2006
Fun at the Aquarium
This
weekend, we visited and had a blast at the Adventure Aquarium in
Camden, NJ. We visited there with Grandma and Grandpa and spent about 4
hours at the aquarium, visiting all the exhibits and seeing the
(harbor) seal show.
Da-dum, Da-dum, Da-dum
A.J.'s favorite part by far seemed to be the Touch a
Shark tank, where dogfish sharks and stingrays were swimming. We had
talked about it the night before, and I told him it was perfectly fine
if he just wanted to look at the sharks and not touch them. He wanted
no part of touching the rays when we visited the Virginia Aquarium and
Marine Science Center last month. However, I guess he got his courage
up, especially when he realized they weren't dangerous and wouldn't
bite or sting.
We went back to the Touch a
Shark tank 3 times during our visit. The whole aquarium was much
improved from what it was 12-13 years ago when Alan and I visited last.
I loved the tank with the moon jellies, and the shark tunnel was
definitely a little daunting but very cool.
Unschooling at Work
It was perfect timing, though, for a great
unschooling experience. Ever since he started playing the game Feeding
Frenzy 2 at Grandma M.'s house in late April (and here too), A.J. has
really been fascinated with fish and learning all about them. At the
aquarium, he got to get up close and personal with some of the very
fish from that game and with ones we had read about and discussed. I
especially liked seeing the queen triggerfish and the lionfish, both of
which are very cool looking fish. A.J.'s favorite fish was the
four-eyed butterfly fish.
Four-Eyed Butterfly Fish
Comments from A.J. Himself
A.J.'s own input: There were plankton, and the fish were eating them!
Sharks and Bottlenose dolphins eat fish!
AJ's second own input: A.J. Loves Cindy!
Cindy gives me crayons.
(BTW, Cindy is one of the assistants at my chiropractor's office :))
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Usborne First Nature: Fishes by Alwyne Wheeler
Usborne Discovery: Sharks by Jonathan Sheikh-Miller
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The Nature Company EcoXplorer Series: Under the Sea by Priscilla Wrubel et al.
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