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Tag: Field trip

  • Field Trip:NOAA

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    A great mom in one of the home school groups I belong  put together this fantastic field trip to the National Weather Service today in Miami. It was particularly timely considering we just dodged a category 4 storm “Hurricane Matthew”.  In thematic form we had terrible weather driving down to Miami but miraculously managed to…

  • Field Trip: Stranahan House

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    Today we had to scurry to finish our school work because we had a field trip in the afternoon. We visited the Historic Stranahan House in our home town of Fort Lauderdale. I thought everyone in our family had been there. My daughter informed me that everyone had been except for her. I was more…

  • Field Trip: Insectarium Montreal

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    In the Montreal Botanical Garden there is an insectarium. It was very interesting. Outside the insectarium there are these clear orbs. At first glance they look like garden art. After closer inspection there are bugs in the orbs. They were fascinating to look at. There was also a really cool station that replicated the eyes…

  • Field Trip: Montreal Botanical Garden

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    The Montreal Botanical Garden is absolutely beautiful. Many of the landscapes look like painted pictures.It was a wonderful place to roam and explore.For a younger visitors there is a playground.  

  • Field Trip: Mounts Botanical Garden

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    Well, I might be a little less crabby when I step on legos if one of the kids would build a lego sculpture in our garden like these. I have always enjoyed Mounts Botanical Garden in West Palm Beach. The garden is small, quaint, and lovely. It is perfect for a quick kid excursion. They…

  • Field Trip: Satchels Pizza- Gainesville, Florida

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    It’s hard to tell from this picture, our table is in a VW camper.  Satchel’s Pizza is not to be missed if you are in the Gainesville area.  The pizza and homemade sodas are delicious.  The decor will inspire children’s minds with the potential of recycled materials.  In addition they have a playground which is…

  • Field Trip: Peter and the Starcatcher

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    We visited the Hippodrome Theatre in Gainesville, Florida.  One of the things I love about the Hippodrome is the creativity you see with the costumes and scenery.  For example, they made the mermaids tails out of dustpans, and  shields out of garbage can lids and pasta.  Many of the kids came up to me after…

  • Field Trip: Boston Public Library

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    The Boston Public Library is a national treasure.  It is architectural and artistically significant not to mention their large collection of books.  It is fun to just meander through this massive library. Each turn reveals beautiful room after beautiful room.  When you are upstairs do not miss looking out the windows into the beautiful courtyard…

  • Field Trip: The Boston Freedom Trail

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    When the kids were small we walked the Boston Freedom Trail.  It was an epic fail.  My husband and I would dutifully stop and read the plaques and briefly try to explain the historical significance. Before long we had disgruntled children and weary parents who were simply trying to keep their kids from being hit…

  • Field Trip: The Edison & Ford Estate

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    I had remembered loving the Edison/Ford estate as a child and was really excited to take my kids.  It is still as wonderful as I remembered.  You can’t help but be inspired by Edison’s constant curiosity and desire to invent and push forward progress.  You are able to tour Edison and Ford’s homes, Edison’s lab,…