Our field trip to the zoo was a great success. A special thank you to our room moms and our bus driver and his wife! We couldn't have done it without you.
We left school at about 8:45 AM after devotions. For some it was their first bus trip but it was exciting for all of us. We arrived at the Zoo at about 10:00 AM after a very small traffic jam right at the river. We had plenty to look at so the delay didn't upset us!
We all sat on the grass for a snack and a drink and then we started to wander around the zoo. We were divided into 2 groups with 11 kids in each group and 2 adults for each group. There were other groups there, but we very rarely saw them.
Some of us saw a brand new baby black rhino, an endangered species. We saw the polar bear swimming in the water and walking around on the rocks. The lions and tigers were very sleepy- the kids thought that maybe they had just eaten and were "resting" like we do. We saw 2 mother gorillas walking around with their babies on their backs. The father gorilla was huge and played with the babies by swatting them with a leafy branch. Very entertaining.
We all met for lunch at the picnic area and then continued throughout the zoo.
We saw a snake eat a mouse ( I thought that was horrible, but the kids loved it) - its tail gradually disappearing down the snakes throat. We saw bats, crocodiles, a wallaby, mice, cockroaches and caimans all in the same building- not my favorite building. We saw a seal who swam right up to us and stuck his head out of the water as if curiously looking at us as we looked at him.
As I remember more that we saw and did I will add to this post.
One phrase that I heard many times was; " Can we go to the next one now?"
Long before I was finished gazing at the creatures, the kids were ready to go on to the next one. We never stopped moving and I never stopped counting; kids, that is :)
We left school at about 8:45 AM after devotions. For some it was their first bus trip but it was exciting for all of us. We arrived at the Zoo at about 10:00 AM after a very small traffic jam right at the river. We had plenty to look at so the delay didn't upset us!
We all sat on the grass for a snack and a drink and then we started to wander around the zoo. We were divided into 2 groups with 11 kids in each group and 2 adults for each group. There were other groups there, but we very rarely saw them.
Some of us saw a brand new baby black rhino, an endangered species. We saw the polar bear swimming in the water and walking around on the rocks. The lions and tigers were very sleepy- the kids thought that maybe they had just eaten and were "resting" like we do. We saw 2 mother gorillas walking around with their babies on their backs. The father gorilla was huge and played with the babies by swatting them with a leafy branch. Very entertaining.
We all met for lunch at the picnic area and then continued throughout the zoo.
We saw a snake eat a mouse ( I thought that was horrible, but the kids loved it) - its tail gradually disappearing down the snakes throat. We saw bats, crocodiles, a wallaby, mice, cockroaches and caimans all in the same building- not my favorite building. We saw a seal who swam right up to us and stuck his head out of the water as if curiously looking at us as we looked at him.
As I remember more that we saw and did I will add to this post.
One phrase that I heard many times was; " Can we go to the next one now?"
Long before I was finished gazing at the creatures, the kids were ready to go on to the next one. We never stopped moving and I never stopped counting; kids, that is :)