Traditionally, children living in orphanages have been somewhat cut off from the "real world". They're not tagging along with mom and dad on trips to the bank, eating out at restaurants, going to the post office, shopping, visiting relatives etc. We do our best to provide real world experiences such as these whenever we can. However, for the little ones in our medical home, opportunities for outings are limited due to doctor visits, hospital stays, health considerations etc. Many people, places and things in the "real world" they have only heard about and dream of experiencing.
Because the children staying in our medical home had expressed interest in animals, we decided to make this the focus of one of our unit studies. It was an awesome experience and everyone learned so much!
We started by reading books about animals:
And then we did some craft activities - we designed and built our own little farm!
Some videos about animals helped us understand more about them:
And then we had a chance to visit a real farm!
We are so grateful to all who helped bring the outside world to our most medically fragile little ones. It was an amazing experience!
wonderful to see!
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