Aug. 18, 2009

First field trip of the school year

We went to a local Science museum in which we're members of. Many of you know about COSI. It's a great place with many learning opportunities for all age groups, adults included. We took my mom this time which was a special treat. I try to do one field trip every few weeks, though not this big! It is a huge relief to me to go somewhere and to get out of the house, most of the time. I enjoy the opportunity for a break! I tend to see things that need done in the house and that's a huge distraction to me. Right now COSI has a really well done display about Egypt. We skipped the part about afterlife, which is just weird to me and my kids are too young to understand it. The rest of the exhibit was fun. They had great pictures displayed as well as hands on things for the kids to do. Getty-up Mr. Camel I have a book that has reproducible homeschool worksheets in it called, "A Garden Patch" by Debbie McGregor. On the way home I have the two older children fill out a "Field Trip Questionnaire." One question is: What did God show you about Himself on this trip? Another is what is something new that you learned? We also have notebooks that the children have recently received on a sale at Staples. Last week they had 1-subject spiral bound notebooks for 1 cent. I encourage the children to journal in these notebooks. We did this last year and it was a fun experience.

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Aug. 21, 2009 - Great!

Posted by Lightbearer

Well Done, Teacher Mom! :) Sounds like a great learning experience for all!

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Aug. 21, 2009 - Neat field trip

Posted by LarabaK

Bless your heart, Pam. I have been moaning about the difficulties of a field trip closer to home, and you charged off to COSI. I am so impressed! I'm glad it went well and the museum looks fantastic. Do you have a yearly pass, then?

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