While in the middle of our “Goofy Gecko” unit study last week I decided that the beautiful weather called for a trip to the zoo. I canceled our other plans (working out at the gym) and packed us up to head over. The day was so perfect – gorgeous weather and no school field trips! On the way home Nadia said, “The best thing was I didn’t get bumped!”
Click the photo above to see all the photos from our day. (lots of reptiles)
The Fort Worth Zoo opened an incredible exhibit in 2010 called MOLA – Museum of Living Art. We have been through it several times, but until we did this unit study I had no idea how many cool reptiles were in there. Nadia and I kept saying to each other, “That was in our study! Hey that guy looks familiar!” Nadia was watching a slide show on the video screens above our head and was calling out the names of of the specific geckos and other lizards and she totally freaked out this older woman. The lady just stood there with her mouth open looking amazed which just made me laugh.
The Komodo Dragon was on the inside and right up to the glass which was fun for the girls.
Nadia was SO EXCITED to get to touch the snake. Without so many other kids around all 3 of us had a chance to touch it and learn from the zoo keeper.
We only had a couple of hours, so when we were finished in MOLA we headed over to see the lions, tigers, bears, giraffes and elephants. On the way out Mommy had to stop to talk to the Meerkats and we headed straight home for lunch and naps for my very tired girls.
