Our trip to Disney was a vacation, but I did count some of it as school days, mainly the days we went to Epcot and to Animal Kingdom. Now I just didn't count them as school and leave it at that, Liberty and Teyla both had work to do while we there, but it was fun and they really didn't see it as work. While we were walking through the countries in Epcot they had to write two facts about the country, they had to tell me about something that was different from what we do in the USA and then they had to tell me about something that was similar to what we do in the USA. Example In Italy Liberty said:
Pizza was invented in Naples,
buon giornio means hello
Pizza in Italy is similar to Pizza in the USA
In Italy instead of Santa Claus La Befana delivers gifts to children.
In Epcot we also learned from the land and sea which was more of hands on learning. Disney is really like the a big field trip. They are so good at making things educational yet lots of fun too.
While we were in Animal Kingdom there were 6 clubs found throughout the park that let the kids explore nature’s wonders through hands-on experiences as constructing dinosaur bones, going on a scavernger hunt and becoming a wildlife detective. When the kids finished each activity they got a stamp on their book that showed they finished each club. They also had the conservation station where they were able to go in anc watch as they were sewing a fish fin back on. It had been in Typhoon lagoon and another fish attacked it and tore it’s fin. It was quite interesting to watch. They would let us know step by step what they were doing. They also learned about food preparation and what was needed to keep the animals healthy through out the park.
Animal Kingdom gave us a lot of learning experiences that I just let them soak in and learn naturally.
When we got back from Disney we took a couple of unscheduled days off due to me not feeling well. Thursday we did go to the home school day at the zoo. The girls both sat in on a class about why it is important to keep our ponds, rivers and lakes clean and then a class on sharks. I was not with them, because I went to story time with Landon. He got to listen to a story called Is Your Mom and Llama. In the story it had many different animals in it and they were told a little fact about each animal. When the story was over they got look and touch llama hair, an ostrich egg, some duck feathers, and some other objects that belonged to the animals in the story.
After the classes were over we of course explored the zoo on our own and had a great time watching all the animals. I think watching the otters is one of our favorite things to do that and the gorillas. We were able to be at the gorilla's when it was feeding time, that was fun to watch.
On Friday we took a field trip to Botanica, this was a last min field trip, but we enjoyed the sensory garden and looking at the different flowers and we of course had to go over the the children's area where the kids enjoyed themselves immensely.
This coming week we will be back to the normal grind of the school week. Liberty will start Mythology class with Aunt Michelle and Dimera and then we will have another class at Botanica. On Friday we are going to have baking day were we will be making apple pies and probably some applesauce too. It should be a fun week.
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