First Grade Field Trip

I was able to chaperone Nicholas' first grade class to the planetarium and downtown city library today. We caught the UTA bus over by his school and then rode the TRAX train downtown. We spent the morning in the planetarium looking around at the displays and then watching a movie. The movie was about two children who built a cardboard rocket and it actually launches into space. The two children then navigate through the solar system and visit all of the planets and even the sun. It was very informative and the kids enjoyed it very much. We then checked out some of the displays again and walked down to the olympic fountain at the Gateway Outdoor Mall. Unfortunatly or then again maybe fortunatly the fountain was closed down for cleaning or repairs. We found some seats amongst the rocks by the fountain and ate our lunch. We then walked down to the TRAX train and rode it over to the City Library. We had a nice tour of the children's section where there are really fun reading rooms and computers for the children to utilize. Our library guide took us into the group reading room and read some stories to the children while they were able to sit on carpet squares. The library guide also played a cute CD for the children so they could get up and move around to some fun music. We then took the glass elevator up to the 5th floor where we were able to go out onto the rooftop park and look out over the city and run around a bit. We then left the library and got back on the TRAX train and went back to Murray. It was a really fun outing and for the most part the children were well behaved. Nicholas said it was a good time and that his favorite part was the movie about outer space. Hope you all have had a good day and remember keep flossing.