Field Trip to the Zoo

Outside the Penguin Pavilion.

Today we went on a field trip to the zoo with our cousins. We rented "Explorer Backpacks" from the zoo. They ended up being not what we had hoped! The Lewis and Clark Backpack was all right and the Birds of Prey was thumbs down. The kids had been looking forward to using those and so they were disappointed. We did talk about prey and predators for a little bit. We also talked about nocturnal animals. This year the theme at the zoo is "The year of the frog." So there were frogs exhibits everywhere. Now that the kids are older the older 3 can read all the information about the animals and so that's added to their own learning and interest.

On the way there and back the kids read to each other in the car. It was funny how the older kids asked the younger kids every couple of pages what they had just read or they had a specific question for them. They also spend a lot of time on their math facts. They used Wrap Ups and the Math Shark.