The Homeschoolers Visit The Fire Station

The homeschoolers went for a field trip at the fire station in November too, but they had their own field trip to learn more about fire safety in the home.

Before the presentation.

They learned about fire safety using the Hazard House.

After the presentation.

Thank you to the fire department

for two great field trips!

Pictures from our field trip to the Fire Station

Sweetie sitting in a fire truck with the Public Safety Officer

Looking at the front of a fire engine.

Looking at an ambulance

Sparky came out to meet us.

He was a BIG hit.

Princess, Wiggles, Super, Sweetie, Lollipop, and Spunky

Of course, the silly picture

And then we had an extra special visitor - Pluggie! He came out and talked to us!

Thanks to everyone at the Fire Department. We had a fun day!

Field Trip: The Pumpkin Patch

We took our annual field trip to our pumpkin patch, which isn't REALLY a pumpkin path. It is a field in front of a church where they line up pumpkin in rows and you can pick them out. It is just easier to go to a place like this, especially when I am dealing with 4 or 5 preschoolers, and because it is usually VERY cold, and very windy.

Well, I got up on Friday morning and it was in the upper 50s. Nice, right? It had been raining during the night, but it wan't raining now. It did rain steadily the day before, and it had been raining on and off for a few days. But it wasn't raining when it was time to leave for the field trip. So I thought we would finally have a not so quick trip to the pumpkin patch.

Well, it was still a quick trip, but not because of cold or wind.

Here are some of us & a parent picking out pumpkins

Here is Super holding his pumpkin

And here is Jelly Bean holding her pumpkin. And if you look down, and especially behind her, you will see why it had to be a quick trip.

It was really soggy in the field, and then see that pond behind the children? That "pond" usually isn't there. And the driveway to the church was under about 2 feet of water.

Jelly Bean and Flower

And Super the Scarecrow

Back at the house for apple cider and Krispy Kreme donuts - regular and pumpkin!

Yummy!

September Field Trip to the Apple Orchard

On Friday, September 25th, we went to a local apple orchard. It was lightly raining, but we still managed to have fun!

Here are most of us eating our snack of apple cider and apple donuts. YUMMY!

Walking through the maze

Doing the zip line

With one of the Orchard cats

A Jelly Bean bee

Looking for apples in the orchard

The apple orchard has a Wizard of Oz theme. They have a dress up area inside. Here is Dorothy.

And Glenda

And the Scarecrow

And a cute Wicked Witch!

Thanks Curtis Orchard. We had a fun time!

November Field Trip - Animal Hospital

One of our Parent Helpers was in charge of organizing our field trip for November. I gave her a list of what we were studying this month, but I told her to feel free to do whatever she wanted.
So she picked going to an Animal Hospital, and it was SO great! The staff was very helpful and answered all of our questions. And at the end, they gave us treat bags with coloring books and balloons and a little animal stuffed animal.

Here are pictures from the day:

Using the stethescope in the exam room

Flower getting weighed on the large animal scale

Looking at x-rays

Getting to pet a puppy

Thank you for a great field trip!

Our Field Trip to the Pumpkin Patch

Every year for the last three years, we have gone to a pumpkin patch, that is actually not a real pumpkin patch, but instead a bunch of pumpkins in the front of a local church. We go to it because it is close, and they have good pumpkins for a good price, and because it is usually so cold that we just hurry and grab a few pumpkins and head back for doughnuts and cider. Well, this year was no exception. It was overcast, very windy, and cold. So we hurried and picked out some pumpkins and went back for doughnuts and cider. But Mrs. F managed to get a few pictures of the day.

Our Field Trip to the Fire Station

We went to one of our local fire stations on October 17th.

But before we went, we saw a movie called Sparky's ABCs of Fire Safety.

Flower drew a picture of Sparky.

Here we are in the watch tower room with the public safety officer.

A fire fighter showed us what he looks like with all of his gear on.

Another fire fighter showed us about the equipment on a fire engine.

A fire fighter showed us some of the equipment on the ambulance.

We got to meet Sparky! It was so cool!

Thank you to everyone at the fire station for a great tour and teaching us about fire safety!

Pictures from our September Field Trip

We went to a local apple orchard. We had so much fun! All the preschool kids and their moms came (along with a little sibling) as well as Flower and her Tuesday School friend.

Going Up . . . .

playing with a kitty

going down the zip line

picking an apple

a student picking apples with her mommy

Flower by the pumpkins

Super on top of a tire

One of the preschool moms with a future student!