Today was not a typical school day by any means. Today, Luke had to go to the neurologist in Oklahoma City. It took about 1 hour and 45 minutes to drive each way. Instead of losing a school day, we decided to make the most of it and have a field trip/car schooling day and it was quite productive. On the way to OKC, Luke used his leapster to practice math and handwriting, watched a phonics video and read a couple of books with his tag reader. Once we arrived, we had to wait about 15 minutes and he used my iPhone and utilized both the montesorri spelling and math app. While in the doctor's office, he practiced talking in turn, listening, and following directions. After this, he had to get blood work which usually would have thrown the whole day but he did very well. Once we were done, we took him to lunch where he practiced ordering his food, eating carefully, and using good table manners. After lunch, we went to the Science Museum of Oklahoma where we spent 4 hours playing and learning. Here are some of the things we did.
He and his dad built and raced lego cars. Luke's car kept winning and his dad had him show him what he did so his could win too. This was physical science and critical thinking at its finest. He also had to teach his dad how which aided his self esteem and made him feel like he was a winner. There is nothing better than that!
After this, we played with several other toys that all taught us about physical science. Luke made a path from sticks and pipes and then put marbles through it to see if it would land in the basket. He became frustrated after several attempts and we explained that he had the angle off and once he changed the angle it worked. He thought it was awesome.
The coolest part of our day came at the end. Luke loves trains and spent several minutes staring at the train table. The person in charge of the exhibit called him over and invited him into the control room. He explained about all the different types of trains, how each train moved with electricity and explained what a conductor was. He allowed Luke to be the train controller, blow the whistle, stop and start trains and even change out some of the trains. Luke had a blast!
On the way home, Luke played with his tag reader some more and pulled out the old LeapPad we have and played some games. All in all, he had a very good, but exhausting day.
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