Today, I was one of the chaperons for the first and sixth grade field trip to the zoo. I had 6 boys to watch over, 3 from first grade (6-7 years old) and 3 from sixth grade (11-12 years old). let's just say my outlook for the future has certainly changed walking around with the boys. I am not saying more. But, the boys have been buddied up all year and the purpose of this trip was for each buddy group to pick an animal from the assigned group (my group had mammals), see the animal and then learn one fact. Once they got back to school, they would have a group project to do together. I also learned Friday is field trip day at the zoo. I kid you not, there were at least 100 buses in the parking lot.
These are my boys. Bug is in the light blue hoodie on the right and his buddy is in the great hood with the red backpack on the left. This about the only time the boys were standing next to their buddy. 
One group wanted to see the lions- the girls were out today. The buddies were disappointed, they wanted the male lions.
Another group wanted to see the monkeys, so I took them down "jungle trails" to see all the different varieties of monkeys. This is an orangutan up on the hill. The buddies ended up choosing the lemurs instead.
We stopped to see the penguins
and the giraffes
both of them
We saw the brand new baby camel (laying on the ground near Momma). The baby camel was born on Monday.
The consensus from all 6 boys was 'he is soooooo cute'
the buddies and some other zoo goers, checking out the rhino
The rhino
The boys- hands over their name tags. This is why all the other pictures are from the back. They are a good bunch of boys. Lunch was quite the experience with them. It was a great day for zoo, it started off cool, but by lunch, it warmed enough to take off the hoodies.
I am glad I took the day off to hang out with the boys.
Love and hugs,
Deb
Oh, sixth grade boys. There could be an exhibit of them, huh? My girls are constantly asking why the boys do whatever it is they are doing - because they are boys... (This week it included playing their faces when they finished the standardized tests early. Not playing with their faces, but playing their faces as if the faces were the musical instruments. Happens every year. Eighteen years of teaching middle school, you get used to the sound of the face as a musical instrument.)
ReplyDeleteLooks like everyone had fun!