Our children's museum downtown got the neatest traveling exhibit for the fall and winter. Until mid January we get to have adventure in the Magic Treehouse! The exhibit is based off three books of the Magiv Treehouse series, which I hadn't heard of until last week. We bought one of the books today while at the museum and I hope its a good read. The three featured books are about the Civil War, the first Thanksgiving, and one about a prairie school. There are costumes and props in each area and we are having a blast! I plan to get related books at the library and put together some little unit studies for Rebecca. Levi also enjoys the dressing up and playing with the props.
The Thanksgiving table was all set this morning. We were the first visitors of the day and got the whole exhibit to ourselves for quite a while.
The pilgrim's Kitchen with a spit that you can actually turn, and when you use the bellows the flames of the fire leap, just like real!
Multi-tasking Pilgrim style, churning and sweeping at once.
I think Levi's mouth is watering over that rotisserie turkey....doesn't sister make a cute pilgrim?
Digging veggies in the garden for her soup.
Soup's On
Photo Op
In another area of the museum we found a sandbox....full of beads instead of sand.
The treehouse you must walk through to enter the exhibit.
Ring, ring, time for school.
The schoolhouse also had benches, slates and McGuffey readers.
The Civil War Hospital tent.
Bumping up and down in the wagon.
Wee wounded warrior.
Rebecca makes a good and very compassionate nurse.
Trying out the crutches.
The wagon is lots of fun!
