Every spring, the whole elementary school in Kittery goes to Fort Foster for the annual end-of-year field trip. I’ve chaperoned every year since we moved here! Sadly, the elementary school only goes up to third grade, so this was my last opportunity. 🙁

Fortunately, though, it was a great trip! The best part, if you ask me, is always when they just let the kids loose on the tidepools.

No lesson plan, no learning outcomes, just shrieking madness and wet feet:

I found an eel under a rock:

The kids screamed with excitement, so we put it in a bucket for a little while:

(Turns out eels are SUPER slippery… Who knew?!)

The kids also found a small lobster in the shallows. (See above.) They figured that was an upgrade, so they dumped the eel and grabbed the crustacean: