In our early homeschool days we used to take frequent field trips to local zoos, museums, parks, and other places of interest. It's one of the things I love about homeschooling -- flexibility! As the kids have gotten older, however, it gets harder and harder to find the time to squeeze in those spontaneous trips. Today, we made the time. We took a trip to the local zoo and enjoyed the animals -- who were fairly active in the beautiful, sunny - but cool - weather.
As I sat looking through the photos of our trip it occurred to me that our day to the zoo wasn't necessarily a day off of school!
We studied geography -- Luci learned map-reading skills while she navigated us through the zoo.
We did math -- How many quarters is $1.50?
We studied history (the history of the zoo, that is).
We studied art -- Gavin and Ben were the photographers today and they did a great job working on composition in photography!
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| Photo by Gavin |
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| Photo by Gavin |
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| Photo by Gavin |
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| Photo by Ben |
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Sounds like the best kind of day.
ReplyDeleteWow,Looks like a great learning experience,,,Great photos...I wish I had been there,,,Gramps
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun day you must have had. After the terrible rain and storms of yesterday, the sunshine was probably most welcome! :-) Good pictures and lots of fun to go around. Oh, and a bit of learning thrown in for good measure.
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