A Field Trip With Friends

This past week we had the pleasure of taking a field trip with some fellow home school friends. The sun shone brightly, the breeze blew lightly, and we put on our science and history caps as we visited The Olentangy Indian Caverns in Delaware, Ohio.

We saw first hand the capillary action of the water dripping through the bedrock. You know, that mineral laden water that a forms stalactites and stalagmites. I found this to be quite interesting since Emily has just performed a similar experiment for science with salt saturated water.

We also visited the small museum at the entrance to the caverns and learned that the Hopewell Indians (one of the mound building groups of Ohio) had used the caverns back in the day. Another fact we recently read about in our Ohio History.

Emily also took a trip to the petting zoo to spend some time with the pot bellied pig, some goats, and some exotic cows. We even saw some beautiful deer in an other enclosure.

It was a splendid day spent with friends, and it just so happens that one of the books I read this week was about friends as well. A sequel in the Snail and Worm series by Tina Kugler, Snail and Worm Again offers beginning readers three fun stories where Snail and Worm encourage each other and point out each of the other's best qualities.

The second book, What Are You Waiting For, tells a tale of two friends who are waiting. Rabbit is waiting but won't tell Badger what he's waiting for. All day long Badger asks questions trying to figure out what exactly Rabbit won't tell  him. And as the day ends and Badger finally sees the long awaited object he is most excited. It is a very calm book but quite fun!

Well, that about wraps it up for this week. Join me next week for another exciting episode, same crazy time, same crazy channel. Also be sure to drop by Literacy Musings Mondays for more great blogs as well as my personal website Fun With Aileen where you will find more on reading, writing, and my very own chapter and picture books. And finally, you can find me on twitter  @AileenWStewart if you want an extremely brief glimpse into my days.

Field Trips, Wild Chickens, and Dragons at the Library.

Now that Farmers' Market is over, we have had Saturdays free which means Field Trips! The weekend before last, we went to our first ever corn maze which was quite exciting. They had choices of different clue papers so we chose the Bible clues. There was also a petting zoo with a really laid back bunny (really laid back), corn hole, and more.

This past weekend, we traveled a bit farther and visited the Warther property in Dover, Ohio which includes the Warther home, The Button House, the grounds, and The Warther Carving Museum. If you live in Ohio and have never been here, I suggest you visit. It is a spectacular place and the man was probably the world's best master carver ever. All trains and factory models are working models and have thousands of hand carved parts. And when you're done, head on back to Berlin for some great broasted chicken at the Berlin Farmstead Restaurant where, like Emily, you can ride the wild chicken.

 

All this fun and gallivanting around did leave less time for reading, but this week I managed to read a fun book that encourages visits to the local library and ownership of a library card. With both rhyme and repetition, this story, Do Not Bring Your Dragon To The Library, is good selection for both the dragon lover and the library lover in your life. And while it is totally not appropriate to bring your dragon to the library, don't despair, the librarian in the story has a solution.

Well, that about wraps it up for this week. Join me next week for another exciting episode, same crazy time, same crazy channel. Also be sure to drop by and join the Literacy Musing Monday Link Up where you will find other great blogs, or my personal website Fun With Aileen where you will find more on reading, writing, and my very own chapter and picture books. And finally, you can find me on twitter @AileenWStewart if you want an extremely brief glimpse into my days.