Field Trips are fun!!

Ryan and Emily both went on a Field Trip this year.  Emily went with her Challenge class and Ryan went with the 8th grade.  In past years, the 8th grade has gone to Kings Dominion.  For some reason, this year they decided that was not where the 8th grade would be going.  They took them on YET ANOTHER field trip to DC.  He was kind of bummed, but had a good time anyway.  Mike or I were not able to go on either field trip, but we have good friends who did go.  They were kind enough to send me pictures!!  :)

 

 

Thank you to Natasha, Jesela's mom, for the great pictures!!!

 

 

Finally! A fieldtrip!

Ryan's class went to the Shenandoah National Park the last week of school this year.  I had not been able to volunteer for anything this  year and decided to take the day off and go on this one.  I had a lot of fun!!  I found out that this is typically a Dad fieldtrip, but I still had a great time being one of the only moms that went.  Wish I could go on all their trips!!  This is Ryan's class with the Rangers and  Ms. Sheffer, his amazing 2nd grade teacher.  Ryan is the front row on the left. 

A fieldtrip . . . FINALLY!!!

Today I was able to go on my first field trip! In the two years that my child/ren have been attending Elementary School, I have not been able to go on a field trip due to work. This time it actually worked out! It was so fun!! Lydia and Emily's Pre-K class took a trip to Natural Chimneys in Mt. Sidney. Last Thursday Mike was able to go on a field trip with Ryan to the Shenandoah National Park so we were able to close out the school year going on field trips with our kids. When we arrived, we took the children to the bathrooms to wash hands before having snack and starting our adventure.

The Chimneys
Walking in the chimneys

Before taking our hike, the kids found the 1970's (or possibly older) built stage and began running and dancing around. :)

Our hike to the overlook begins.

Our beautiful destination

Class picture at the overlook.

I had to post this picture. As we were walking up the trail we walked over lots and lots of exposed tree roots. They were good for helping us climb since the trail was straight up. As we were climbing, Lydia said "Mommy, look at all of these dinosaur bones!" Hahahaha.

Each child was given a clipboard with pictures of things they were to find. A tree, moss, deer, rock, etc. After completing their worksheet, we enjoyed a hot dog cookout lunch with dishes that the chaperoning parents provided. Very yummy!!

After lunch, the kids were given time to play and run around. They blew bubbles, played baseball and then went to the playground at the Natural Chimneys campground.

After playing, Ms. Warner and Ms. Wilder helped the children make s'mores with their roasted marshmallows. With the 92 degree weather, it made the marshmallow roasting a little sweaty, but they loved it!!

Ms. Warner and Emily

Ms. Warner with Lydia

Ms. Wilder putting Lydia's s'more together

What a big day!!!!!

FUN DAY!!!!

Today was such a great day! My co-worker, Treasa (Lydia and Emily's preschool teacher), and I have been doing a nutrition unit with our preschool students and decided to take the kids to a grocery store to tie everything together. One of our "mothers" is the deli manager at the Food Lion just down the street from our center. She agreed to give our kids a tour of the store. This was something so neat for the kids as well as Treasa and myself. Ms. Sarah (our "mother") gave each of the kids a nametag upon arrival and a hairnet to allow them to go into the deli. In the deli, they met Mr. Tom who gave each of them a piece of American Cheese. We then went through the dairy department and into the back room where we went inside a storage refrigerator and freezer and saw the box bailer bail some boxes. Then, it was on to the meat department and to produce. In the produce department back room we were able to go into the produce cooler and see some different fruits and vegetables. We finished off the tour by spraying off the produce on the produce department floor area with the hose--each child got to spray a little bit. We said our thank you and good-bye to everyone as each child received a Food Lion bag filled with crayons, pencil, balloon, color page and a banana. It was such a neat day for all of us! I had a particular attachement to this fieldtrip because I worked at this Food Lion when I was in High School and College. They have had a huge renovation since I worked there, but for as many things as I saw changed, that many were the same. Thank you so much Sarah and the staff at Food Lion!