In lieu of Artsy Fartsy Friday, I bring to you this week Field Trip Friday. Augie's class had its first out-of-classroom educational experience this morning at Sarett Nature Center. Augie went to the school for an hour and then we headed over to Sarett. He was super excited. It was a perfect day to be outside, so I can't blame him.
We started indoors, though, by checking out some of the live animals, like the salamanders and turtles in this hexagonal display case.
Then Chuck Nelson talked to us for a little bit about a bunch of different animals. Chuck's been at Sarett since my parents were kids, so he knows his stuff. He even does sound effects.
Chuck did most of the talking indoors while Eileen here showed us some of the things he was talking about.
Not everything she had was dead.
Augie was right up front, so he had a pretty good view of things. He even got to be part of the
show presentation when Chuck asked him to hold some of those cards with animals on them.
Not everyone was thrilled when the ball python came out of her sack. Some of the parents even made their way to the back of the room.
But Lucille (Lucille Ball, get it? No? Chuck thought it was funny.) was the last thing we saw indoors, because it was time to go outside and explore.
It didn't look like Chuck got around well, so Eileen took us down the boardwalk for more fun facts.
The boardwalk has this pretty nifty little bridge out by the creek. Eileen was busy looking up, not down, though as she talked about one of the trees growing there.
She also taught the kids about the sap that was dripping from this tree.
And she took the leaf off another plant and crushed it up and let the kids smell it because it supposedly smelled like Froot Loops. I always wondered where Froot Loops came from.
Sarett also has this new outdoor educational area where the kids can pretend to be some of the animals they learned about. Here, Augie does his best squirrel impersonation with Eileen's help.
There was this box and rocks that sounded like rain when you put the rocks down the slots. It had the same effect as those rain sticks you can buy. It was filled with nails inside that went plink-plunk when the rocks hit them.
They had a real hollowed out log, but Augie wanted to go through this fake log instead.
Even with all the fun little things to do, where did most of the kids end up flocking to? The playset.
Before anyone left, the parents tried to get a quick class picture. I'm not sure if this is all the kids or not, but it includes at least one kid's kid sister. I'm surprised so many of them were looking forward.
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