Thursday, March 29, 2012

A "Capitol" Idea

I had the pleasure of chaperoning my son Ethan's 4th grade field trip to the State Museum and Capitol Building today.  It was really a great day, the kids were awesome and the museum and capitol were equally awesome.  We began our day at the museum where the kids had a scavenger hunt that they had to complete.



A really big William Penn
We raced up and down three levels to find all the items on the scavenger hunt (um, sorry Mrs. Hoffman  ... I mean we walked very quietly through the museum to complete our hunt!)


Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh
feeling the center of the earth 



how many horses were used to pull this wagon???


Wait, what was the name of that guy???
When was the charter signed???

Then we had some time for the gift shop

 and, of course, lunch
 before we went to the capitol building for our tour.

 We met with State Representative, Sheryl Delozier


who showed us her very cool "office", the House of Representatives,
 took a class photo,


 walked through the ornately decorated building,

 sat in the Senate,
 and in the courtroom for the Supreme Court of PA.
 We had a chance to tour the outside of the capitol as well ...

ooooh, my eyes, there are naked people in that sculpture ... 
best group of 4th graders ever!
Future representative -- he's got my vote!


Best 4th grade teacher ever!!!


3 comments:

  1. awesome photos - what a fun-packed day of learning!

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  2. These pictures are adorable. Sue, you are amazing!
    Didn't we have a good time? We have awesome kids at Highland!
    Ruth

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    1. Thanks Ruth -- it really was a fun day! I think the kids had a terrific time and they were very well behaved! Ethan is still talking about how it was the "best day ever"! I am so glad I got to go.

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