Our grandson Anthony (6) and I have a favorite place to visit ~ the Birds of Vermont Museum in Huntington. The binoculars are for viewing the birds in the woods outside the museum. Anthony has always been science-minded and loves to find out about animals, their habitat and what they do, eat, etc., then he pretends to BE the animals. He was a baby owl for nearly a year!
Anyway, last time we went we met Bob Spear, age nearly 90, who founded the museum and carved nearly every bird, along with assembling the habitats. It's an amazing place. When I heard there was going to be a pre-opening habitat construction event for kids, I signed us up. Grandpa Ed has just returned from his winter jaunt to California, so be took him along so Anthony could show him the wonderful exhibits. Then we joined with museum staff, explored some habitats and set out to build a "home". Anthony chose to "be" the Great Blue Heron and we put together a little diorama with materials supplied by the museum.
All the kids had so much fun - here are some other projects. We'll definitely be back for future events, hiking the grounds and just visiting the birds. You should go!
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