Field Trip: Monterey Bay Aquarium

We got the opportunity to go to the Monterey Bay Aquarium with our homeschool group this year. It was so great. It was the boys' first time. They absolutely loved it. Even Nora was a little trooper.

This was a few months ago. Nora looks so little.

That week I decided to tie our art class in with the field trip. I rolled out pieces of paper the length of our dining room table, handed the boys a box of crayons, and had them draw all of the creatures they saw at the aquarium.

Ezra drew Mateo and himself watching the fish.

Mateo really ran with this project. Ezra also enjoyed it and it proved a good exercise for him to try to recollect the things he saw.

More of Ezra's renditions.

Mateo's masterpiece.

After they were done with their creatures I pulled out the water colors so they could paint water all around them. Both boys loved that idea. It added a whole other dimension to their murals. They ended up gorgeous and totally wall worthy.