Indiana State History

We would love to spend some time this summer learning more about Indiana. Neither my husband or I are from Indiana so we don't know a whole lot about the state's history. I am looking for living book ideas for my soon to be third and fourth graders and suggestions of historical places to visit to reinforce some of what we will have read about. If you would like to share some suggestions with us, please do so by leaving your ideas in the comment box. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Field Trip to Cool Creek Nature Center

A mounted Owl sitting in his home. The name of his home is Oliver the Oak Tree.

This is Puff the Bearded Dragon (he is actually real).

A goose sitting on her nest.

She was not at the Nature Center but outside a Shopping Center nearby.

Today after picking up Curtis from his last day of taking Stanford Achiement Tests we went to Cool Creek Nature Center. They had a nature program entitled, "Animals of Spring with Safari Steve" from Silly Safaris. Safari Steve brought out animals one at time and talked with the kids about them. He let different kids come up and hold them or touch them. The first animal that we saw was a skunk. After that we saw a large toad, a blue-tongued skink, an owl, a boa constrictor, a rabbit and some cockroaches. After the talk we walked around the nature center and looked at the different displays containing real and mounted animals.

Conner Prairie

This past weekend our family along with my youngest sister went to Conner Prairie (a living history museum in Fishers, IN). We had an enjoyable time. Here are a few pictures from our time there on the Prairie.

Peach along with 4 of her children.

My sister and I and three of the children in an old barn.

TangoMango riding a tractor in the Kid's area.

SugarPlum along for the ride.

Check out this chicken!

VeryCherry on the ladder in a barn!

BookBerry in the barn!

Little Pear sitting on the tongue of the wagon!

An Old Steam Tractor!

Kids rounding up the chickens!

The covered bridge at Conner Prairie.

The barn where the pictures of the boys were taken.

Our Trip to Kansas

We went to Kansas to visit family. While we were there we went to the Little House on the Prairie site which is located 13 miles south of Independence, Kansas. We all enjoyed it.

Little House on the Prairie - Kansas.

Our children with their cousins in front of the Little House on the Prairie.

The school house on the Little House on the Prairie site.

BookBerry getting a drink from the bucket in the school room.

The School Room.

VeryCherry on the wagon tongue.

Our children's cousin sitting on the wagon tongue.

Daddy with Sugar Plum.

Grandpa and Grandma in front of the Little House on the Prairie.

The Hitching Post at the Little House on the Prairie site.