Newport Aquarium

Posted by Cindy on February 24, 2009

Did you know the Newport Aquarium offers two free children’s admissions per adult in January and February each year?  I didn’t until recently.  We’ve been wanting to go forever, but haven’t wanted to fork over the steep prices.   Our first trip today was made even sweeter with the $42.oo savings!

The Aquarium sits right beside the Ohio River with Cincinnati in the background.

Of course we saw fish – big fish, little fish, dull fish, bright fish, freshwater fish, saltwater fish….

Oh, and sharks.  Lots of sharks!  Many of the fish could swim over top of us as we went through tunnels under water.

We saw tons of plants native to particular waters as well.  Beautiful plants!  And anemone (which are actually predatory animals!) were all over the place.

There were snakes, eels, turtles, alligators and even some birds.  Oh, and divers, too!

The kids had a blast at all the hands-on exhibits.  The most fun was touching starfish, horseshoe crabs and sharks!

This is nature study at its finest in the winter time!  LOL

Abe Lincoln Celebration

Posted by Cindy on February 18, 2009

The Kentucky Historical Museum is a gem for KY homeschoolers.  This past weekend, they put on a HUGE event to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s birthday.  Since Civil War history is just around the corner for us, of course we decided to go!

Meeting Abe and Mary

Period Dancing

An Awesome Special Museum Exhibit

Becoming Abe and Mary

One of MANY Activities

KY homeschoolers – If you’re ever in Frankfort for other field trips, the museum would make a great addition to your day!

Since we were in Frankfort, we decided to make a quick stop at the cemetery to visit Daniel Boone’s grave since he was part of our Westward Expansion unit study.

And take a look at the view from his grave site!

We love field trips!  (Even if they are on a Saturday!)