We went on a special class trip with my Kindergarten class the other day. The trip was just to Prospect Park up the hill from school, but it was the purpose of the trip that was special. That, and the fact that for the first time since I started Kindergarten, several parents came along as chaperones - including Daddy!
And the purpose of the trip? It was to adopt our very own class tree. Here is Ms. Anna, our teacher, showing us a picture of the majestic Oak we adopted, and telling us all about it - with the actual Oak behind her in the distance.
And here we are examining and adopting the tree for our class -
We also spent time sketching the tree in our new sketchbooks that Ms. Anna brought for us, and then collecting specimens from around the tree - like acorns, leaves and fallen branches - to examine in our classroom later.
The plan is for us to come visit the tree several times during the year, to see how it changes with the seasons.
But before we get to our scientific studies back in the classroom, Ms. Anna wanted to make sure we had a chance to get some exercise in the fresh air and warm sunshine. So, we raced up a hill...
All the way to where Daddy was standing guard...
Where he turned us all around and back down the hill...
And back to the classroom we went!
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