Watching for the train (I really like the look of kids from them back, it is cute for some reason.)
Sophie with a giant bubble just as it popped!!
Sophie with a wind experiment
Ok, one of my favorite things was this turn table that had this swirly liquid in it. You would start spinning it and it would all smooth looking, then if you rapidly switched to spinning it the opposite direction it would get all rippley, and eventually it would look like ocean waves. It was beautiful and relaxing.
Sophie,Jacob and friend Aaron with wind/water experiment
Finally, outdoors they had a water park of sorts. The kids could turn the water on and off, create fountains, watch balls follow the current, makes dams and get wet!!!! It was loads of fun, but I didn't bring the camera down for that so no photos.
The best thing about the Montshire is that kids, who often feel insignificant and like they aren't allowed to do anything, make things happen. They control the elements, they can see cause and effect, and most of all they can have so much fun.
THANKS BRIAN AND LAURIE FOR AN AWESOME, AWESOME DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
5 comments:
Oh I remember going there in elementary school - it was a very fascinating place. Didn't Grandpa make a model or something that is on display there?
I went in the 3rd and 4th grade. It was really fun. But each time I went it was cold and wet, so we didnt do anything outside.
I don't think os...he made models at teh Boston science museum
I remember going there in fourth-ish grade when it was new(er). It was wet, cloudy, with occasional cloudbursts, but our Nazi of a teacher insisted that we go on the half finished nature trail anyway. It was awful in every respect.
The museum was nice though. I was surprised how little had changed in almost twenty years.
That looks like such a fun place to visit- both the museum and the farm! I wish we had more fun things like that around here. We do have a place called the Imaginarium, which is kind of like your museum, that the kids get to do hands on things, and it is pretty fun!
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