STATEN ISLAND IS ACTUALLY AN ISLAND.  IT IS LOCATED TO THE SOUTHWEST OF BROOKLYN.  YOU CAN DRIVE FROM BROOKLYN OVER THE VERRAZANO-NARROWS BRIDGE.  THERE ARE ALSO 3 BRIDGES THAT CONNECT STATEN ISLAND TO ANOTHER STATE, NEW JERSEY, WHICH IS TO THE EAST OF STATEN ISLAND.  BY FAR, THE MOST FUN WAY TO GET THERE, HOWEVER, IS THE STATEN ISLAND FERRY.  THE FERRY RUNS FROM MANHATTAN TO STATEN ISLAND.  AS YOU RIDE THE FERRY, YOU WILL SEE ELLIS ISLAND AND THE STATUE OF LIBERTY.  

WHEN WE GET OFF THE FERRY, WE WILL LAND AT ST. GEORGE TERMINAL.  FROM THERE, LET'S HEAD TO HISTORIC RICHMOND TOWN WHICH IS A LIVING MUSEUM.  WE CAN SEE HOW PEOPLE LIVED  HUNDREDS OF YEARS AGO.  PEOPLE HERE DRESS LIKE THEY DID IN THE PAST, LIVE IN HOUSES FROM THE PAST AND EAT, WORK, AND PLAY JUST LIKE THEY DID A LONG TIME AGO.  AFTER THAT, WE'LL LOOK AT THE BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS AND TREES AT THE SNUG HARBOR CULTURAL CENTER. HERE WE WILL ALSO VISIT THE STATEN ISLAND CHILDREN'S MUSEUM WHERE WE CAN EXPLORE A PIRATE SHIP, SEE MANY INSECTS, BIRDS AND FISH, EXPLORE THE CANOPY OF A TAIN FOREST, PRETEND WE ARE A FIREFIGHTER, AND PERFORM IN A SHORT PLAY.  BEFORE WE LEAVE, WE WILL CATCH A BASEBALL GAME FROM THE MINOR LEAGUE TEAM, THE STATEN ISLAND YANKEES.