Fieldtrip to Betty Brinn

Today, Cooper and I went to Betty Brinn Children's Museum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin with his Kindergarten Class.  There were 18 classmates, 10 chaperones, and 1 teacher on the bus.  The kids were very excited for their adventure today. Once we arrived, we sat down for our bagged lunch picnic style before going upstairs for hands on learning.   

Cooper and I shared our adventure in learning with Cooper's classmate, Michael.  We played with the spiral ball tower for awhile.  We were trying to see how many balls we could get going down the tower at one time.  It was a fun challenge for the three of us! 

 Then they headed over to the dance floor.  In the screen above the the floor, they could watch themselves dancing or trying some dancing moves that were being taught by different generes.

 Then it was off to the Move It Center.  This area was set up like a game board, where every couple of steps had an exercise of some sort or a movement exercise to do.  Here, Michael and Cooper are playing minature golf.

 ...and here, Cooper had to rub the hands together to the ABC's while "washing" the hands.  Here the kids were learning good hand washing techniques!

 ...and here Michael and Cooper made their way across the rock wall to move ahead a few more spaces.

 ...and hanging on the net above them before landing on the soft floor below.

 ...but at the end of the game was a chance to go through the huge climber/tunnel/slide at the end of the game board!!!

 Next, we went over to the community helper area where we participated in various activities of our community helpers do for you and I.  Here a group of Kindergartners are working on a car in the "Garage".

 Michael is checking out the under side of the car...

 ...and Cooper goes under to replace the velcro'd muffler.

 ...next, he stopped off at the mail box to mail a few letters.  He also helped sort out the mail before heading over to the ...

...grocery store.  Here, Cooper is helping prepare a tray of food in the deli for someone in need of a quick lunch.
 We had a great afternoon together.  My favorite part was watching him interact with all of his friends while having a good time.  His favorite part was seeing me direct an orchestra playing the theme to Star Wars.  He thought that was pretty cool!