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October 19, 2006
Wheaton Village
We visited Wheaton Arts and Cultural Center in Millville, NJ yesterday. A very cute village of artisan studios, shops, a couple of museums and a train. We started our visit with a tour through the studios with demonstrations on glass-blowing, pottery and marble making. The artists were all pretty engaging and held the children's attention for a fairly long time. It's great to see them in the process of creating!
After a lunch and a train ride we all went to the Museum of American Glass. where we had the pleasure of seeing the world's largest glass bottle, as well as some other oddities all in glass.
Theo even played hookey from kindergarten to join us, which he will probably do for all of our field trips. I know he will learn so much more by getting out, seeing and doing than by sitting in a classroom all day. (Though I am absolutely pleased with his teacher, as she is very enthusiastic, warm and creative.)
Posted by Julee at October 19, 2006 09:55 PM