Sorry I didn't post this yesterday. We were on a field trip.
Forget the books for a day. Take your kids (or yourself) on a field trip.
Yesterday, my family went up to Temple Square in Salt Lake City and spent the better part of the entire day in and out of museums, historical sites, and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints' spectacular gardens. My kids seemed most "in to" (yes, this is true) the Church's historical museum, and went from display to display eager to hear my wife or me read them the curated descriptions. My favorite was the tour we got the Conference Center (the largest "single-point" auditorium in the world, with apparently gravity-defying feats of structural engineering), the artworks (paintings, sculptures--all originals) throughout the lobbies and waiting areas, and the rooftop gardens and waterfall (and this aside from the organ and auditorium acoustics, which, unfortunately, were not on demonstration).
As a family, we take field trips quite frequently (and generally less religiously oriented than yesterday, despite, and contrary to, what many may otherwise think as we are indeed Mormons in Utah). They're great for building family (optimistically) ties and (jadedly) tolerance. We listen to music and audio books in the car. We pack picnics. We walk and giggle and explore.
Not sure where to begin? Get on your city and state websites and hunt around a bit. Though I'd be lying if I claimed that all places were created [on the potential-for-field-trip-scale] equal, every place everywhere (and I mean every place everywhere) has stuff to see, visit, and do. There's no place without a history, or, well, near someplace that is.
Yesterday, my family went up to Temple Square in Salt Lake City and spent the better part of the entire day in and out of museums, historical sites, and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints' spectacular gardens. My kids seemed most "in to" (yes, this is true) the Church's historical museum, and went from display to display eager to hear my wife or me read them the curated descriptions. My favorite was the tour we got the Conference Center (the largest "single-point" auditorium in the world, with apparently gravity-defying feats of structural engineering), the artworks (paintings, sculptures--all originals) throughout the lobbies and waiting areas, and the rooftop gardens and waterfall (and this aside from the organ and auditorium acoustics, which, unfortunately, were not on demonstration).
As a family, we take field trips quite frequently (and generally less religiously oriented than yesterday, despite, and contrary to, what many may otherwise think as we are indeed Mormons in Utah). They're great for building family (optimistically) ties and (jadedly) tolerance. We listen to music and audio books in the car. We pack picnics. We walk and giggle and explore.
Not sure where to begin? Get on your city and state websites and hunt around a bit. Though I'd be lying if I claimed that all places were created [on the potential-for-field-trip-scale] equal, every place everywhere (and I mean every place everywhere) has stuff to see, visit, and do. There's no place without a history, or, well, near someplace that is.
Beautiful picture. Sounds like a great trip.
ReplyDeleteI actually couldn't help but think you'd have particularly enjoyed the trip. There's so much history--and rich history--to peruse....
ReplyDeleteI love history, so you're probably right.
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