Our family went to Pennsylvania to pick up our new Maremma sheep dogs. We also visited some educational sites along the way. This is what we learned on our trip:
- Toured the Hershey Factory in Hershey, PA
- Learned the history of Mr. And Mrs. Hershey's businesses
- Drove through the Amish farm countryside
- Saw buggies pulled by horses.
- Ate Pennsylvania Dutch food, including Shoo-Fly PIe
- At Home: Viewed Amish quilts online
- At Home: Read questions and answers about the Amish people
- Toured a Civil War museum in Gettysburg
- Walked around a Gettysburg battlefield, memorial and cemetery
- Met and talked with an artist drawing scenes of the Civil War
- Stood where Lincoln gave his Gettysburg Address and read it aloud
- We were taught how to care for and train Maremma sheep dogs.
- The kids played with baby goats.
- Map skills
- Socialization with many adults we met along the way.
- Swimming in the hotel's pool, PE
- Walked on paths at a farm and around the battlefield, PE
2 comments:
We're going to the pool today to get some PE in also!!!! I am a list person and I love how you help me understand that there is learning in everything we do with our kids. Thanks.
Hershey factory sounds like a lot of fun!! :]
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