We have been learning about Australia, New Zealand, Samoa, and all of Oceania.
Aquarium of the Pacific
Cutest Pink Octopus...
Learning about Plankton...
Charity was in heaven at the little outside play area...
Petting sharks and sting rays, Oh my!
We met up with the "V" family. Field trips are always more fun with friends!
Monica is known as the"bird whisperer". This lorikeet just climbed up onto her shoulder!
I had the kids each choose a fish from the Tropical waters near Polynesia to do a little report on. Tanner choose this leafy dragon sea horse...
Hunter choose a pretty orange and black fish called an Achilles Tang
and I think Charity colored every fish in the tank.
They really got into this little assignment!
Fabulous Friends...
We invited our friends, the "T" family over for dinner. Lilo was born in New Zealand, has Samoan heritage, and also lived in Samoa. Their family was soooo nice to teach us A LOT about their heritage!
Lilo brought a lot of Samoan artifacts to show the kids...
Don't mess with anyone holding this weapon!
The kids dressed in their traditional dress (they are great at Polynesian dancing!) Here the boys are doing their Haka faces!
They taught the boys the Haka Dance!
Sienna doing poi balls...
I think Hunter liked the poi balls more than the Haka Dance!
Charity liked the poi balls because they were pink!
Pacific Islander Festival
The next day we headed to San Diego for the Pacific Islander Festival in San Diego where we got to try mini bananas….
Meet Miss Polynesia first runner up...
See some model huts from the Island of Chamorro
Do some art from the Cook Islands...
Play in the Pacific Ocean..
and practice our Haka face some more!
We also watched lots of Polynesian dancing, enjoyed the Island music, and ate like a Polynesian!
Too bad a field trip to the actual Polynesian Islands is not in our field trip budget. I would even settle for the Polynesian Cultural Center in Hawaii! Oh well, I still think the kids got a lot of good "Being There" experiences!
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