We had a nice little Ausflug today to Tierpark in Walldorf. Walldorf is a town just south of us. It was a very easy drive, took maybe 10 minutes total. This was a neat little animal park, there was an area for us to lay our blanket out, enjoy the sounds of wildlife, and draw a few sketches. The point of our field trip was 2 fold; 1- meet others in the home school arena here and 2 - Art in the Park...we accomplished both.
Having the animals around was good inspiration for the kids. They took their home-made sketch books around the park and drew sketches of some unique looking ducks, monkey's, trees and other birds! They were able to get some what up close and personal to a swan, I was w/ them and made them stay back b/c they can be mean! We were able to get w/in 15 feet of a beautiful male peacock who decided to strut his stuff! He puffed his plume up and shook his rear to ruffle his feathers! It was quite the display. Pix would be nice, but left the camera on the kitchen table! oops! Will remember next time!
It was a nice little trip, educational in that they were able to get so close to these animals and really see some great detail and hear the noises they made. They got to put pencil to paper and express what they saw, we got some exercise hopping around the place, well they hopped, I walked! :)... they got to socialize a bit -but since we are new, this will come w/ time. Oh, and I may have found another babysitter!- a major plus!
Anyhow, it was a neat little ausflug (trip/outing) (pronounced owe s flewg)... Bis Bald!
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