It is 10:40 pm and has been a long day (see below), so I am going to keep this short.
Today was exactly what we needed.
Off the top of my head I know that we talked about how predator animals are often portrayed as “bad” in cartoons and talked about why they are not actually bad at all, studied the differences in crocodiles and alligators, learned about and fed horseshoe crabs, Chase attended a short lecture on salt marsh life….and, my brain just fried because I know there was a lot more. But, long story short, there was a lot of learning that happened today.
Today we
- Rode the 10 am ferry to Fort Fisher.
- Spent a couple good hours at the aquarium.
- Had a picnic under the maritime forest canopy at Fort Fisher.
- Climbed trees.
- Walked around the fort.
- Played on the beach.
- Did some school in the car.
- Rode the 4pm ferry to Southport.
- Eliza and I went to the last sea turtle nest excavation of the season.
- I wish there was a 10 but there isn’t, so to make it even I will tell you that I bought fried chicken from the new Lowes for dinner and it was fantastic.
We won’t always be able to spend the day out of the house, but today was a good break from books and workbooks, and I KNOW the kids not only had a good time but also learned quite a bit. Tomorrow we have co-op activity and class, then I intend to expand on today by reading to the kids from our book about the salt marsh and having them draw some salt marsh art.
Fingers crossed for more good days ahead.
Oh. I remember what 10. is!
10. Took lots and lots of photos of all the fun we had.
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