Today's adventures took us to the park to visit Marla the Mermaid! It was a fun, interactive, and very informative field trip with some of our home school friends! The kids (and adults!) learned about many different animals in the ocean - crab, otter, octopus, seal, dolphin, and many types of whales. Learning how different types of whales eat was a highlight for Faith and Shane! Along with pretending to put on blubber so we could swim with Marla into the ocean!
In addition of teaching the kids about the animals, Marla also shared about the effects of trash and pollution on each of the animals. In the picture above, Faith is helping remove the plastic soda six pack holder thing from an elephant seal.
There were many hands-on activities for the kids. Shane was most excited about the sea life finger puppets! Particularly the crab and the seahorse! It really is pretty amazing that there are opportunities to learn so many things right at the park up the road from our house! Today I am thankful for fun learning opportunities and that those opportunities are so easily available!
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