Gardner School Field Trip

Here are some pics from Lily's recent field trip. One of the things we love about the Gardner school is the thematic studies. For two months, Lily's school studied Native Americans. What's nice about this is that the whole school studies the same thing, they put on plays, host events (Lily's class hosted a Native American Potlatch) and go on field trips all related to the theme. They had Native Americans come to their school and talk with them about their way of life. This way the kids do not have to be bothered with memorization of history - they can live it as much as possible and learn and remember naturally. The trip was to the Ridgefield Plankhouse.

The picture above is the outside of the plankhouse.

Above is the inside.Here is Lily leaning up against the plankhouse with schoolmates.

Here's the kids having fun at lunchtime.

Here's the Loowit class.More Loowits inside the plankhouse.