Visits to the Lutz Children's Museum

What a great opportunity to visit such an amazing place filled to the brim with educational and fun things to do! On a recent trip to the Lutz Children's Museum, we explored a room filled with many different animals, reptiles and amphibians. Our students learned about Da Vinci's and the drawings he made of horses as well as other artists who are famous for creating paintings using animals as their main subjects. Then, our students had the unique opportunity to create observational drawings of the different animals at the museum! Finally, they had a fantastic time in the "Main Street" (an exhibit of a main street set in 1943) and "Farm" (and exhibit based on a Connecticut farm in the 1800s) interactive rooms! Here are some photos of this amazing trip. Click on any photo to make it larger.

On another day, we enjoyed visiting the Lutz Children's Museum's Oak Grove Nature Center, where we explore a beautiful trail that took us around a pond. While we were there, we saw ducks, salamanders, birds and learned how to be a detective in nature! Some of the most amazing things we saw were the many trees that beavers had "sawed" with their teeth! We even got to meet two turtles! Thank you, Lutz Children's Museum! Click on any photo to make it larger.

Putting Down Roots at Burr School!

Our Putting Down Roots in Hartford summer program branched out to include Alfred E. Burr School (through working with the Village for Families and Children) as one of our off-site locations last year and was a huge success! This year, the program continues to flourish, along with the wonderful veggies and herbs that are growing in our garden at Burr!

Here are some photos of our Putting Down Roots, Burr School! Click on any photo to make it larger.