Apr. 2, 2008
Old Sturbridge Village
Old Sturbridge Village ( in nearby Sturbridge MA) would like to invite you to attend:
Spring Home School Day
Monday, April 28th
RAIN or SHINE
9:30-5:00 Museum Hours
Admission $7 per person, free for Members and children under 3
Additional fees apply to some activities
Pre-register online @ www.osv.org NOW!
Agriculture was the foundation of early 19th century New England Society. Most people lived on farms. Work varied with the seasons. During the spring, farmers worked hard to repair fences, followed by plowing and planting crops. Women prepared their kitchen gardens for spring planting of herbs, vegetables, and small fruits. Join us on the 28th to see and take part in some of these activities, to visit with the newly born lambs, and to meet some new friends. Take home some tips to begin your own garden!
Home School Day Village Schedule
(All Activities subject to change - weather permitting.)
9:30 Meet with the Shoemaker in the Shoe Shop
to 12:00
10:00 Shadow Puppets in the Parsonage Barn
Sawmill Demonstration
10:30 * STUDIOS
School Lesson in the District School
Farm Chores at the Freeman Farm
11:00 Songs and Stories of Long Ago in the Parsonage Barn
Grist Mill Demonstration
11:30 * STUDIOS
Carding Mill Demonstration
12:00 Justice of the Peace in the Parsonage Barn
1:00 Visit with the Printer in the Printing Office
to 5:00
1:00 Carding Mill Demonstration
1:30 *STUDIOS
2:00 Shadow Puppets in the Parsonage Barn
Farm Chores at the Freeman Farm
2:30 *STUDIOS
Sawmill Demonstration
3:00 Grist Mill Demonstration
Learn a Dance in the Parsonage Barn
3:30 Carding Mill Demonstration
4:00 Fire Balloon Flight on the Common
Sawmill Demonstration
* At the Museum Education Building. Please wait outside. Studio Teachers will lead
in pre-registered participants.
Also, see ongoing demonstrations in the Fenno Textile Exhibit (spinning or weaving), the Tin Shop, Pottery, the Blacksmith Shop, the Cooper Shop, and the Freeman House (cooking demonstration).
Nature Walks at Your Leisure: The first in a new series of trails inviting exploration of environmental history. Trail signs introduce various concepts, including identifying trees and plants native to New England and their historical significance, evidence of glaciation, and man's influence on the New England landscape over time. Choose one or complete the circle and walk them all!
Pasture - entrance behind the Freeman Farmhouse River - entrance near Sawmill
Woodland - entrance behind the Center Meetinghouse
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Hands-on at the Craft Center in the Village
Pay to participate at the Craft Center.
No reservations.
Space limited. Please be prepared to wait for your opportunity to work one-on-one with a Craftsman. *
9:30-4:30 9:30-4:30
Tin* ($5) - Make a tin candleholder. Candle Dipping ($5) - Take home a hand-dipped candle.
(ages 6 and up) (ages 6 and up)
9:30-11:30 9:30-11:30
Pottery* ($10) - Make a clay pot. Blacksmithing* ($10) - Make an iron decorative hook.
(ages 12 and up) (ages 12 and up) (CLOSED-TOE SHOES REQUIRED!)
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Hands-on Studio in the Museum Education Building
Get your hands on history during a 50-minute activity led by a museum teacher.
$3 per person, per Studio. Pay to participate. Register outside the Visitor Center. Pay with Admission. Due to space limitation, please limit the number of non-participating family members entering Studio area. For those not participating, an additional family activity area will be open for fun and frolic while you wait.
Maximum 10 participants per Studio.
At the Museum Education Building. Please wait outside.
Teachers will lead in pre-registered participants.
Farm Studio
Explore the seasonality of the farmer's year, gender roles, and family life on the farm. Plant a Scarlet Runner Bean, a favorite of humming birds. Make a trellis that will support the early stages of this climbing plant.
Ages 4 and up 10:30 & 11:30
Ages 7 and up 1:30 & 2:30
Ages 9 and up 1:30 & 2:30
Ages 11 and up 10:30 & 11:30
Games Studio What did children do for fun? Participate in popular children's activities from the 19th century and create a thaumatrope, a toy that fools the eye.
Ages 4 and up 1:30 & 2:30
Ages 7 and up 10:30 & 11:30
Ages 9 and up 10:30 & 11:30
Ages 11 and up 1:30 & 2:30
Home Studio Experience cooking 19th-century style, using common household tools and recipes. Cook over the open hearth, explore innovations, and compare family life then and now. Make apple pancakes and churn butter for a tasty treat.
Ages 4 and up 10:30 & 11:30
Ages 7 and up 1:30 & 2:30
Ages 9 and up 1:30 & 2:30
Ages 11 and up 10:30 & 11:30
Remedies Create a simple home remedy and explore herb use and patent medicines. Make comparisons to health practices today.
Ages 4 and up 1:30 & 2:30
Ages 7 and up 10:30 & 11:30
Plain & Fancy Examine objects for the home and learn a technique that was used to decorate 19th-century household goods. Discover the impact of the industrial revolution in home decorating. Make a theorem painting of an American eagle or a bunch of strawberries.
Ages 4 and up 10:30 & 11:30
Ages 7 and up 1:30 & 2:30
Print Be an apprentice and learn about the trades of printing, bookbinding, or paper marbling. Use tools and equipment common in a printing office and examine and create printed materials to take home.
Ages 4 and up 1:30 & 2:30
Ages 9 and up 10:30 & 11:30
Textiles Take part in the process of 19th-century textile production. Card and spin wool, weave cloth, and discuss fashion and the beginnings of the industrial revolution. Go home with a sample weave.
Ages 7 and up 10:30 & 11:30
Ages 11 and up 1:30 & 2:30
Wood Use a variety of hand tools to reproduce a useful 19th-century wooden object. Discuss safe tool use. Make a toy sail boat.
Ages 9 and up 1:30 & 2:30
Ages 11 and up 10:30 & 11:30
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