da Vinci Experience

Last week, on Thursday, we traveled to the San Diego Air and Space Museum on a bus. Kekoa thought it took a long time to get there.

We talked to a man who worked there about the planes that were in front of the museum. Guy thought they were so awesome! We had a snack and then went inside. First we went into the da Vinci exhibit and started with a movie about da Vinci. We walked through the exhibit, looking at the machines and touching the ones that had green signs on them. A green sign meant that you could put your hands on the machine and try it out. The machines were models of the drawings he had put in his notebooks. Kamryn thought the inventions were really cool. Rhiannon especially liked the hall of mirrors because you could see your back and most times you don't get to see that! Maya's favorite part of the museum was the hallway that had da Vinci's paintings in it. Erika's favorite part was seeing a model of the wings we talked about in class.

In other parts of the museum, there were planes, helicopters and spacecrafts. We even saw an old fashioned car! There was a special room dedicated to astronauts. There were lots of photos of them and you could learn more about the planets. In the back, there were some fake people inside a helicopter and Sabrina thought they looked real. Chelsea thought that the fountain in the middle of the museum was beautiful.

The museum was interesting to Kaitlyn and Briana thought the trip was fun! Gina thought we all learned a lot about Leonardo da Vinci. We had a great time visiting the museum and hope we'll be able to go there again! Maybe next time we'll get to go on that cool ride. :)

*This entry was written by the kids!*

Catching up...

I just uploaded a bunch of photos from the past couple of weeks, including the ones from our trip to the Pumpkin Patch. We all had such a great time there! We got to see the different stages in the life of a pumpkin - one of our science standards. It was a great opportunity to step out of the classroom and experience the science first hand. Here are the stages, minus the seed stage:

Ask your child to tell you about the stages and to talk to you about the other things we learned about pumpkins. You might just learn something new!

Learning Beyond the Classroom

Next Thursday, we will be heading to the San Diego Air and Space Museum to check out The da Vinci Experience, an exhibit of Leonardo da Vinci's machines. The group that went today really enjoyed it so I am  looking forward to taking the children! It will help the children learn more about da Vinci and why we chose to name our school after him.

Next Friday, we'll be heading over to Mater Dei's theater to see CYT's performance of High School Musical 2. It's a great opportunity for the kids to experience a theater production that features children as the actors. Also, it's just a short walk to the theater so we'll be saving on the cost of a bus.

We've had a lot of events going on in the past month! It seems like everything came up at once. This will not always be the case. In the spring, we are planning to go to the San Diego Zoo. This will be a field trip where we will not be limited in the number of chaperons so if you are unable to join us for next week's events, hopefully you will be able to join us then. I'll let you know as soon as we have a date set up.