Today, we went to Samuel Morse's house in the Hudson Valley for a field trip. Both of the older kids had a lot of fun with their homeschool friends learning about pulleys and inclined planes, etc. They also learned a little bit about the famous former owner of the house as well as toured his gallery of paintings. I guess he was multi-talented as an inventor and painter! There was lots of hand-on learning, group discussion and partnering up for the lab work. A great class/experience all around. I'll post the link below to the house. Now they are both off to a library book club, Magic Tree House series. After spending the morning at the barn and the two meet-ups today, I'm exhausted:) But well worth the energy since the kids enjoyed themselves so much. Eoghan hasn't stopped talking about machines and all his future plans for robots, building radios, etc. so the trip left a great impression on him.
The link to the field trips available:
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