Levi's Stadium Field Trip

It was a double field trip day today.  I agreed to chaperone for the first graders first, so I didn't join Leo's third grade field trip to the planetarium.  It sounds like he had a good time.  Here's a picture of him with his friend Sharon as walked to school.  

 The 49ers football team have an educational outreach program that is a pretty sweet deal for schools.  Not only did we have a cost-free field trip to the stadium, they also sent buses for the kids.  There wasn't enough room for all the parents on the buses so we carpooled separately.  I was totally okay with that.  I'm not a big fan of the bus anyway.

Of course, I started our day with a stadium selfie.

 All the first grade kids were on the field trip and we were split into the groups by color with a mix of all the classes.  Here are the six I was in charge of... (left to right) Alyssa, Serafina, Reyansh, Niti, Ani and Maxim.  They were mostly well behaved.  Maxim is always a handful but he's little and cute and gets away with most of it.

 It was a gorgeous day.

 Unfortunately, we spent most of underneith the stadium.

We started out in this room where the players's families and friends wait for them during the game.  It was large and beautiful.  The tour guide talked a lot about team colors and the pictures on the walls and passed around a jersey for all of them to check out.  It was a lot of sitting and listening for these little people, but they handled it well.

I thought this room divider was cool.

 We didn't go out onto the field at all or even into the seats.  We caught a glimpse of it as we walked by an opening.  They were setting up for a Monster Jam on Saturday night.  Serafina suggested that Leo might want to go to it, but I can't think of any adult that would want to accompany him.  Tom has been there, done that.

 Finally some outside time.

The kids got a chance to toss a football.

And jump some rope.

 They also tried a long jump.

They all ate lunch inside together and then our group headed to the classroom for an art project.  They were allowed to create whatever they wanted using color and texture.  I'm not sure how this ties into football, but the kids enjoyed it.

After art,  we headed to the 49ers museum.  It seems like a cool place to explore even if you aren't a big football fan.  

When you first walk in, you can see yourself on this big screen with different players, cheerleaders and even the mascot projected on it.  The kids thought this was thrilling.  

The kids had to do more sitting and listening though. 

Then they were allowed to explore.  

Here's Serafina with Jerry Rice.  

"Put me in, coach." 

 This was a cool exhibit too.

 And there was a group shot to end the day.