Ocean Discovery Centre

In Victoria this is a great little place to take the kids.

Lot sto see and so, interactive and informative.

We will be going back again soon.

Caveman Class

Today we finished our first Caveman Class.
I was 3 classes of getting down to caveman business.

We had so much fun talking and learning about what it would have been like to live like cavemen.

The discussions were so entertaining.

We learned some of the many ways cavemen left their mark and what we know of them today thanks to their artifacts and pictographs.
We replicated methods of painting with sticks and stones, with mud and, not so ancient, paint.

They discovered how hard it is to blow paint make leave hand prints.

We made clay/mud bowls and clay whistles as well, but i forgot to take pictures of those.

But the highlight was definitely the cave.

I created a large paper mache, cardboard cave that had 2 rooms and plenty of walls to paint.

The entire cave is now covered in grand adventure stories of wooly mammoth hunts and sabre tooth tiger captures.

We spent some time learning about tool making.

Lashing was our preferred method but we chatted about various other options available to cavemen with the resources they had at the time.

These kids had wild and vivid imaginations.
I could have chatted endlessly with this group about wild caveman adventures.

Like removing teether, cutting hair or making clothes and having a hot bath.
Brushing teeth and toilet paper was a funny topic.

I think we made some great art projects with these little cavemen and cavewomen.

Stamp/Print Making

Simple stamping with erasers and styrofoam always have great results with kids.

I love how these turned out this time.

Egg Drop Contest

Who can package up their egg in the best  most inventive way so itll remain intact after falling 20 feet from the balcony?

Clear winner!!

Bank/Money Lesson

We opened the girls their own bank accounts so they could start learning about real money.
Not the mommy bank kind but the dollar and cents, no negotiating kind.
Valuable life lessons!!

Banana Phone

Someones been asking for a phone!!
She got tired of asking and took matters into her own hands.

Fraction Art

I love how math and art can be so closely linked!!

Road Trip

We had the opportunity to go on a holiday, short notice but we knew where we wanted to go.
We packed up the van and headed south.

We put on just shy of 5500 kms in 12 days and made it down to San Diego and everywhere in between.

Beaches, hotels and lots of pools...... and reststops!

SOme days we drove for 12-15 hours and the kids were absolutely perfect.
I kept expecting meltdowns or any such thing but not even one.

It was a grand Road Trip, A perfect family Holiday.

Memories were made.

And duty free was great too