Upper Arlingon Field Trip

We couldn't have asked for a more beautiful fall day for our visit to the Upper Arlington Municipal Building and picnic at Miller Park.

Officer Galli welcomed us to the municipal building.

The communication room, where 911 calls are received.

EMT's moments before they received a call and left on an emergency run!

The UAFD explained the many features of their ladder truck.

Councilman Yasenoff taught us about city council and recalled his own visit to the municipal building as a third grader.

An unforgettable experience....a little time in UA's police department holding cell.

Children playing in Miller Park 1917.

Children playing in Miller Park September 2013.

The home of King Thompson, the founder of Upper Arlington can be seen behind Miller Park in the 1917 photo. When we walked past the Thompson home, the current owner, Dr. Ray Tesner, spoke with the class teaching us even more about Upper Arlington history.

The Seven Wonders of Sasafrass Springs.

Aunt Pretty, one of the characters in our read aloud, shared her clothespin dolls with her nephew Eben, when he was on his search for wonders. For centuries, dolls have been crafted using a variety of household materials.   In the   days of the early  American  settlements,  children crafted dolls of ordinary household materials such as wooden spoons, whittled  clothes-pegs, yarn, buttons, rags, socks and cornhusks. As a portal to our history, we tried our hand at clothespin dolls. These dolls will reappear when we use them to narrate some of the wonders of Upper Arlington and Wickliffe School.