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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our school did a similar field trip this year, but it was really great. The museum has a great program where they really went into detail about certain paintings. I think it’s way better than having kids randomly wander around.  They learned a lot and really learned how to appreciate paintings. [/quote]

But to go all the way to the museum and spent less than an hour there and only see 2-3 paintings sounds really lame to me. Do you work at Gatehouse? Like sure, start the program that way, then let them see the rest of the museum![/quote]

I was a chaperone and definitely don’t work at gatehouse (I think most of them should be let go). We were at the museum for more than an hour. Probably closer to two. And it was pretty great. The other parents thought so too. And the kids were pretty engaged and happy to be on a field trip. Did your buses get stuck in traffic or something?[/quote]
Another 6th grade chaperone parent here… from Laurel Ridge. Sam experience. I thought it was well done and we looked at 3 paintings. I’m not sure the kids could have done more.[/quote]

You were at the museum for two hours and only looked at three paintings and thought it was great? [/quote]

I did. The paintings were in different areas of the museum. The kids were encouraged to spend a few minutes examining the painting, then the docent talked about it, then she asked them questions about it to process what they were seeing. It was actually 2 paintings and a sculpture. For the sculpture, kids were given a paper booklet and asked to spend time sketching it as well. For the third painting, there was another brief activity in the booklet.

Look - I love art and art history. I thought this was appropriately focused and that the docent did a great job engaging the kids. So much that I started wondering if this may be my retirement job.  :D   Do I wish we could have done/seen more? Sure. But that was the time constraint.

On the other hand, I was really disappointed in such a short trip into the city. We could have picnicked on the mall (if it were warm).  We did that when I was in elementary school.[/quote]

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