Saturday School: The Park (Field Trip)

November 8, 2008

Two Saturdays ago while papa was busy working, Princess P and I decided to take our Saturday school outdoors! It was a beautiful fall day and we just couldn’t resist the calling of the outdoors.

First, please excuse my photography; I only had my trusty cell phone camera available.

Ok…now on with the lesson!

Luckily, we don’t live too far from the train that takes us directly downtown. After a brisk walk, we made it to the station and purchased our tickets that you see P holding.



Silently we enjoyed the short ride through our medical center. Paris spent most of our ride peering through the window.

Finally reaching our destination, we stared at the dusty road ahead to the park.

Lessons of nature were easily inspired from our surroundings. Princess P hugs a tree as she describes the colors she knows and examines the texture.


Next, she feels the difference between the texture of grass and gravel; she also pays attention to the colors.

Under the leaves of a big tree, we studied the differences in contrast of brightness and temperature between light and shade.

First shade, then light.

A break to play!

Interesting enough, some of the toddler playground equipment had shapes built into it. This was really neat to discover. So, let’s review our shapes!

Another tool I used to review her numbers 1-10 was the hopscotch pattern cemented in the pavement.

I would call out a number and Princess P would have to go and stand on that number. It was a really fun review for her!

Now, off to the animals. I had to have something to pry her away from the playground, so what’s better than feeding the ducks?!? As a bonus, there were otters there too! Princess kept calling them rats…too cute!

Before our grand departure, I couldn’t resist taking Princess P on a ride on the newly remodeled toy train. It gives a tour of the entire park (which is huge) and is a great way too cool down after all of that walking! They also conveniently advertise train whistles at the ticket booth… had to get one! I guess the lesson here could be imitating sounds; this sound: the choo-choo train. Whew, whew!!!

We’re getting ready to enter a tunnel. This really helped me build on our previous lesson of light/shade.

Then, our ride took us across the bridge over the beautiful lake. How pretty!


Freemommie and Princess P had so much fun learning!