Saturday, September 10, 2011

Children’s Discovery Center

A few weeks ago, we had a field trip to the Children’s Discovery Center in Hammond, LA.  The center is closed on Mondays but will open if you have a large enough group to reserve it which is what we did.  It was great having it to ourselves.

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We divided everyone up into 7 different groups to rotate in 15 min. intervals from station to station.  This helped keep it organized and everyone had an opportunity to enjoy each station.

This Discover Me station was their newest station.

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Bubble Station

Everyone loves the bubbles.  It gets kind of messy in their with that many kids playing.

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Creative Station

They were making dinosaur feet for the day. 

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Grayson with his dinosaur foot.

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Preschool area

This area was for children 3 and under to play.

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 Milking the Cow

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 Shrimp Boat

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Life-size operation game

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Ambulance

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 Vet Examining Table 

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A replica of a Cajun restaurant in the area

(They even had table and chairs with menus the kids could pass out and play restaurant.)

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Hot Air Balloon

(When you pushed the button, the balloon felt like you were moving.  When you looked over, it looked like you were looking over the city of New Orleans.)

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Construction Zone 

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Train table inside the construction zone

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Theatre and Music

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Lego table

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It was a great day of play and hands-on learning.


A slideshow from Candi's pictures.

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