We have been on a couple of really cool field trips in the last month or so. We went to the Mary Brogan Museum with the "C" family to see the Bug Exhibit. They had giant moving bugs displayed and all kinds of cool bug games and facts to test your knowledge. We also enjoyed the regular learning games at the museum.
Molly liked the bee display.
This past week we visited the Main branch of the Leon County Library to do a library scavenger hunt. Ms. "A" found this really great list of library items to hunt for. Some of the items just to name a few were:
A Roget's Thesaurus
Gone With the Wind
A book published in the 1700's
A biography of any man that signed the Declaration of Independence
A Bible
The location of the newspapers on microfiche
The desk of the reference Librarian
A book containing the work of Mathew Brady
A book about the U.S. presidents
We split the four families into two teams, discussed library manners and how to speak to the Librarian. Both teams did great! I think we found everything except the book published in the 1700's. The kids liked talking to the Librarian and asking for help. Emily and I had done a little research the night before so that when we got there that she would know for instance...who were the men that signed the Declaration of Independence and who Mathew Brady was. She asked f we were cheating and I explained to her that we were preparing and doing our research. The kids learned how to look for the copyright date and publishing date, what microfiche is, where the reference books are located, how to look up a title on the library computer, the difference between fiction and nonfiction, and biography vs autobiography. It was great learning experience...even for me!
Picture of the kids minus one family
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