Hall of Flame Museum

I think one of the things I like most about homeschooling is the hands on learning and the opportunity for a lot of field trips!!  I head up a homeschool group of about 25 families and I plan trips throughout the year.  Today we went to the Hall of Flame Museum.  It has the largest display of fire engines in the US.  This museum has been around for quite awhile and it was our first time ever going.  They offer all different workshops for kids ranging from preschool-high school.  Our tour guide was great!!!  The kids started with a story and then got to climb all over one of the trucks and try on gear.  Then they watched a video about fire safety.  Next he showed us some “old time” equipment and call boxes and we looked at a lot of the fire trucks.  They have over 100 on display.  I think the kid’s favorite thing was the bucket brigade and the spraying of the water hose!!!  I would highly recommend visiting this museum.   http://www.hallofflame.org/  After the tour we all went over to Papgo park picnic area to eat our lunches.  The kids loved this they got to run around by a shallow creek and find some shells.  It was a beautiful morning and the weather is still holding out.

Starting the tour with a story.  He was a great story teller.

This was Joshua's favorite seat on the fire truck.  He was content with just sitting here.

 

Everyone climbing around

This was a memorial to all the firefighters that lost their lives in 9/11.  There was even a picture of each person on the wall.

The Bucket Brigade.  It took them 5 minutes and 43 seconds to fill the bucket.

It was funny to watch the littler kids trying to keep straight which direction to pass the empty buckets and the full buckets.

 Spraying the water hose was the highlight of the trip.

Fireman Joshua

Firewoman Savannah 

Savannah called this the "Princess Fire Truck"