(Playing Lenape lacrosse!)
So, Wednesday's field trip to the Awbury Arboretum was MUCH more successful than my first field trip experience (ie: losing poor Eth in the Franklin Institute). It was so fun to have the kids outside in the woods looking at leaves and trees and learning about the Lenape tribes that lived in our area. They got to make cool little clay pots and play Native American games (like lacrosse! who knew?) and learn about the ways that the Lenape used different materials from their natural enviroment to hunt and build and take care of each other.
(Listening quietly to our guide, S)
They were all so well behaved, they asked questions, they took notes, they helped each other and shared and followed directions. They didn't wander off or get lost or anything. It was great. :) I feel much better about field trips now - thank goodness, since we're going on another one on December 2nd (to the Penn Museum of Anthropology and Archaeology) and then another one on December 8th (to the Philadelphia Zoo!). Crazy, but awesome. The kids do learn a lot from them - if our class wasn't so well behaved and small we wouldn't be able to do so much field tripping.
(Making clay pots!)
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