This was our view as we looked out of our airplane windows as we flew over South Bend….

No, really, we would have loved to give the kids that experience, but there is no way a few of our kids could have made it through security.  So this is what we explored:

We started at the Allegiant Air Ticket Sales desk. The gentleman there explained how to get a ticket.  The children were able to see the conveyer belt used for checked lugguge.

The children really enjoyed looking at the large planes that were hanging.

Miss Lisa explained the arrival and departure screens. Also, piling 15 children and 4 teachers into the little airport elevator was quite fun!

Everyone was very interested in watching what happens behind the scenes at the observation deck. 

Miss Laurie pulled back the divider on the luggage conveyer and we had a nice conversation with the luggage handler.

Next, TSA officer, Stacy, came out and explained how they do their job.  It wasn’t scary at all and there were no body cavity searches.  Whew!  When she was done, the kids serenaded her with the WF anthem, which drew a small crowd of TSA people and put a smile on all of their faces.

 Our friendly luggage handler, Jeff, stopped by and talked with children some more.

We loaded into the Weehicle and Tami’s Honda and drove over to the back of the airport to watch for arriving and departing planes.  We were incredibly fortunate to see a small plane land and a small plane depart.  The children could not have been more excited to witness this up close!

This was an incredible way to start off this new interest of the WF children.  The teachers will be carefully observing and listening to the children to see if they have questions to investigate that would turn this into the next WF Project (or as we often call them… A Study).

Have a fabulous afternoon!

Tami