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| Carter is feeling very excited about going to the zoo. Cuttyhunk Island is in the background. |
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| Gwen is having a good time on the boat ride to New Bedford, MA. |
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| When we first got to the zoo we saw a bison - he was HUGE! |
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| This is Toby, the bear, and he is having a treat right now. |
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| Toby can sit down like a dog and it's very cool. |
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| Toby has another treat while we watch him. He weighs almost 500 pounds! |
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| Carter is scratching the bear and the trainer who feeds Toby is also giving him treats at the same time. |
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| Toby is licking off some jelly off a spoon (yum!) |
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| Carter is hand feeding Toby some jelly. |
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| Now, Gwen is hand feeding Toby some jelly. |
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| Carter is putting some peppermint water drops around the bear habitat so it gets the bears' noses going. |
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| Carter is putting some in a bush to try and trick the bears. |
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| Gwen is throwing some treats around the bears' habitat. |
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| Toby the bear is looking for some treats that Gwen just hid. We are watching them from behind a glass wall now. |
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| Its time to say goodbye to the bears and to go and see the elephants. |
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| This is Emily the Asian elephant and she is eating some carrots, apples and bananas. |
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| On the right is Ruth the elephant, she likes carrots too. They are 49 and 55 years old! |
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| Gwen feeding carrots to Emily the elephant. |
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| Carter feeding Ruth the Asian elephant. |
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At the Harbor seals we tossed rings into them in the water and they brought them back to their trainer for a small fish.  Until next time, The Cuttyhunk Kids |
sounds like a great day!
ReplyDeleteDear Carter, Gwen & Ms Dunn:
ReplyDeleteI am a retired first grade teacher in upstate New York who has been reading your blog for almost a year. I was so glad to see that you’re continuing with it this year too. I found out about you from Susan Branch’s blog [she lives fairly near you on Martha’s Vineyard]. I just wanted to write and tell you how much I enjoy hearing about your experiences and activities at your school on Cuttyhunk Island. You sure have a lot of fun... and at the same time, you are teaching things to all your readers. I especially liked the blogs you did about your field trip to the New England Aquarium and the day you spent visiting several of your Cuttyhunk neighbors doing various activities they had planned for you. PS - you have a creative and hard-working teacher in Ms Dunn, but I’m sure you already know that! :>) I think Cuttyhunk must be a pretty wonderful place to live. I grew up near the water myself, on the southern shore of Lake Ontario, and we sure had a lot of good times there. Well, keep up the good work and I’ll be watching for more news and photos from the Cuttyhunk kids!
Take care for now! :>)
Janet Miller
almostjane@icloud.com
PS - feel free to e-mail me back if you would like and have time.
All I can say is, "WOW!!! Those lucky, lucky kids!" :)
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