Field Trip Friday: Homeschool Co-op Fire Station Trip

For the past couple of years the children have had one of their classes at co-op during the fall session be Field Trips. So, they usually go on one field trip a week. This year, they didn't have the field trip class. However, there was a last minute decision to take the children to the fire station this past Wednesday on the last day of the fall session. Usually we just go for craft time and a harvest lunch, dish to pass meal. This year, they got to go to the fire station first, and I was allowed to go with Harold.

A few of the volunteer fire fighters talked to us all as a group, talking about fire safety and such. One of the fire fighters demonstrated putting on the gear and crawled around in front of the children, who were encouraged to try to get his attention as if they were in a burning building. Then we were broken into four groups and got to take turns seeing the ambulance and fire fighting vehicles.

Yes, Tabitha and Hannah were in a different group than Amelia, Harold, and I.

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Field Trip Friday: Civil War Weekend at the Park

We had the opportunity to join in with the school day of the Civil War Weekend a couple of weeks ago. As homeschoolers we were asked to join a school group, and we followed along as they went from station to station, learning about different aspects of the Civil War, both North and South, from Civil War reenactors. It was a wonderful way to finish up our My Father's World Adventures in U.S. History year.

Our guide happened to be the soldier who told everyone it was time to move to the next station by firing his gun.

You didn't want to find yourself with this soldier. He was the one who dished out punishments. We learned about some of these harsh punishments.

Comparing the differences in these two guns.

The one on the right was a lot trickier to load while kneeling for instance.

Lunch and play time. So glad this was at the park, so the children could have a chance to play.

Now for some queasiness. Right after lunch we got to stop by the surgical tent. Poor guy needed an amputation. Earlier in the day, the ambulance had actually stopped by because someone fainted at this station. Or so I was told.

Obviously fake extremities.

I think someone wasn't quite interested in the information we were learning. At least he was keeping busy.

And so were they.

Learning how school would have been. See Tabitha squeezed in there with the big school kids.

Learning how laundry was done.

Getting to use a slate and slate pencil.

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