Last week we went on a field trip to a local gem. The Clark Planetarium is in downtown Salt Lake City, Utah. You want to know the best part? It's FREE!! There are movies that you can pay to watch but we didn't have the time anyways. So we just played and learned. Some of the exhibits are the same as when I was a kid. This pendulum is one example. There's a whole lot of science involved but basically it proves that the world is spinning. I just like to watch it. And so does Freddy.
Upstairs there are some terrains that you can walk on and pretend to be an astronaut. Here the kids are on the moon and Mars.
There are other things to do like feel clouds and create tornados. The kids love these hands on type activities. We often do science experiments at home and the kids love them.
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Have you seen Jimmy Fallon's science segments? They are AWE-some.
Here is the YouTube segment just in case you missed it.
Freddy is interested in growing up and working for NASA. He loves space, planets and just science in general. He loved getting to be close to the meteorites and study them.
P.S. Can you believe how pale this child is? He is actually reflecting light.
Our goal this week was to read a little more. I had set the goal for the kids to listen to me read one chapter book a month. We were doing great for this first 4 books of The Little House series (and consequently the first 4 months of school). We had cruised through Almonzo's book in 2 weeks. But now we are to the bigger books with less pictures. The content is less childlike. Laura's sister is now blind and the kids aren't as engaged. I haven't decided if we will power through them so they have the series under their belt or if we'll quit and find something more engaging.
We are starting to listen to more audio books though. We have finished all of the How to Train Your Dragon books that the local library has. We are now listening to James and the Giant Peach. The book aren't great literary masterpieces like I would select to read at home but they are entertaining and make the long drive into the city more bearable.
Freddy is dyslexic and I enjoy offering him the experience of books, however that may be.
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