A few people have asked about our Austin trip, so I thought I'd torture share with all of you. The program is through Education in Action, so our main jobs beforehand is to collect money ($75 per adult & child) and manage everything here. While in Austin, we teach & facilitate.
All students have to be at the school by 6am. They change into the tshirts for their group (each group has a different color), gather drinks and dinner sacks, and load the bus. We're on the road by 6:30am!
On the buses (chartered), we play games that review the vocabulary & concepts of Texas History that we've taught/reviewed this year. Of course, there is excitement by the kids that there is a bathroom on board. ick. The boys & girls do a couple of other paper activities and by then, we pull into Austin.
Our first stop is the Capitol Building. We take a great tour, sit in on the House while in session, walk the "extension" (underground), and take a group photo out front. Afterwards, we walk down Congress Avenue and enjoy a pizza lunch outdoors. Then, the fun part of our afternoon begins - the Bob Bullock State Museum. If you ever go to Austin, Texas, you have to stop here. It is an interactive learning museum that is great for kids and adults. Be sure to see the film in the "Spirit of Texas" theater. It's worth the extra dollars.
After a long and exciting day, we load the buses to head home. That time includes our sack dinners, movies, and hopefully a busload of quiet and/or sleeping children. :)
All of my photos are on my school computer, but here is a poor-quality cell phone pic from the trip home. Notice how you don't see many kids - they are asleep! Success!
All in all, it's a very tiring but amazing day. For many of our students, it will be their only opportunity to visit Austin and spend a long day away from school. It's definitely worth it.
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