Learning with Mommy: Visit to the Cape Town Museum

 We are fortunate enough to live in beautiful Cape Town!  The Cape Town Museum is about 30 min drive from our home and it was such an awesome visit.  At only R20.00 per adult (children enter free) it is well worth a visit!  The Dinosaur exhibition was by far Mouse's favourite.  She loves dinosaurs.  Here she is happily posing with a replica fossil.

 These huge Shark jaws were also a firm favourite with Mouse. 

 I loved all the animal displays, so many learning opportunities.  I was amazed by the questions Mouse had, she wanted to know what they ate, where they live, etc.  Animals that were strange and new she also asked to be identified. 

We didn't even cover all the exhibits, it is that huge!  We will be doing a dinosaur unit soon :)  and I will schedule another visit to the dino section of the museum with Mouse. 

The bird section is also huge, hundreds of birds species on display - another fun unit for the future!  What I loved about this trip is that she could see the actual animals, their real sizes and what they really look like, not just a picture in a book.  Granted not a live animal and a visit to our local zoo or aquarium is also important to see the animals alive and in a habitat, but she was able to view animals that normally would not be seen in Cape Town, as well as extinct ones.

We had a fun time and she did learn some fun and interesting facts as well, plus I spend time with my beautiful little girl!