Winter Break
SPL's school had the week off, but unfortunately my district didn't but we still managed to have fun on Monday & Tuesday (my usual non-work days/days with SPL). Tuesday we went to Cal Academy for the afternoon and found out they had a -- The docents talked about the anaconda being the heaviest snake in the world and when he found out there was one down stairs in the rainforest exhibit, he immediately wanted to go check it out! On our way there, (love this design!) and saw some divers cleaning the tank.
He always enjoys the interactive exhibit that allows him to and is getting much better with his eye hand coordination (they have 4 different tools that the user can use to collect bugs on the screen: a beating stick, a net, a vial (very challenging) and a pipette that squirts powder to reveal spiders). He also loved the tide pool touch area and was very polite in asking if he could first.  He also in a lengthy conversation about kelp, abalone, and sea stars -- it was fun to listen to them :-).
He was also fascinated by the pendulum that shows how the . While we didn't see it actually knock down any of the cylinders (the movement is so minutely incremental, it's difficult for a 5.5 year old (or even an adult) to grasp the overall concept -- but engaging none-the-less :-).
And of course, playing in the park outside is endlessly fascinating too -- this time it was alongside the stairs (he was yelling @ me the entire time not to take his photo too :-).
Back to school tomorrow! Glad to have some time off though :-)
-- The docents talked about the anaconda being the heaviest snake in the world and when he found out there was one down stairs in the rainforest exhibit, he immediately wanted to go check it out! On our way there, (love this design!) and saw some divers cleaning the tank.
He always enjoys the interactive exhibit that allows him to and is getting much better with his eye hand coordination (they have 4 different tools that the user can use to collect bugs on the screen: a beating stick, a net, a vial (very challenging) and a pipette that squirts powder to reveal spiders). He also loved the tide pool touch area and was very polite in asking if he could first.  He also in a lengthy conversation about kelp, abalone, and sea stars -- it was fun to listen to them :-).
He was also fascinated by the pendulum that shows how the . While we didn't see it actually knock down any of the cylinders (the movement is so minutely incremental, it's difficult for a 5.5 year old (or even an adult) to grasp the overall concept -- but engaging none-the-less :-).
And of course, playing in the park outside is endlessly fascinating too -- this time it was alongside the stairs (he was yelling @ me the entire time not to take his photo too :-).
Back to school tomorrow! Glad to have some time off though :-)