There is a nature center very close to the assisted living facility where my dad now lives. Kai has been there before with his mentor, but the rest of us wanted to go see it for the first time.
My dad loves nature, and Kai is very much into anything science related, so this was a good choice for an outing.
The visitor center had a number of exhibits with skeletons, antlers, mounted animals, and other artifacts, along with a few live animals. Kai enjoyed taking us around the whole place.
Below you see him checking out one of several live snakes they had.
And here you see a kestrel, a hawk-like bird, eating a dead mouse.
It was good to find an activity to do with my dad that he and Kai both enjoy.
The next day, we took Kai to see a live performance of School House Rock, a musical based on the ‘70s animated television series.
When Kai was younger, he loved getting the School House Rock dvds from our library. The songs were fun and they taught children about grammar, math, science, and social studies, among other things.
It has been at least a couple of years since he’s looked at those videos, but he still wanted to go see the show.
This production was specifically aimed for kids, and its one-hour length was about right for Kai. He has sat through longer shows, but two hours is still a bit long for him.
This one featured about 15 of the best School House Rock songs including Conjunction Junction; Three Is A Magic Number; Lolly, Lolly, Lolly, Get Your Adverbs Here; I’m Just A Bill; and my favorite, Interjections!
Kai said he enjoyed it. I did, too.
Especially appreciating that taking him to places like this is no longer the stressful event that it once was. And that is deserving of an interjection – Hooray!
Yes, that really is great that you can do some things and be fairly confident that it's going to be a good time. An hour production is about long enough for me, I'm thinking! Two hours and I start to get squirmy myself! haha.
ReplyDeleteYour dad looks great!
One hour seems perfect for kids. Ha, I can sit for two hours but it's hard if it's not a really good show.
DeleteMy son also enjoyed educational outings. It is good to see your father enjoying himself with his family.
ReplyDeleteKai's attention span is not that long but this nature center is not that big so it was just right... we got to see the whole thing before he lost interest.
DeleteI love those videos :)
ReplyDeleteLooks like a great time
I think most of the parents were enjoying the songs just as much as their kids!
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