One of my homeschool goals for this year is to go on more field trips and adventures. To move our learning outside of our house and take advantage of all the great resources that we have near us.
One of those resources is Mystic Seaport, a recreated 19th century fishing village and shipyard. We are taking monthly classes there, each with a different theme. Our first one, in September, focused on how the villagers would prepare for the coming winter. Julia and Benjamin stepped back in time and did the chores that villagers their ages would have been responsible for: grinding cinnamon and nutmeg, preserving eggs in ashes, shelling beans, cleaning silver, and stringing squash and apples for drying. They enjoyed it but I think were happy that they were going home to the current time period of dishwashers, washing machines, grocery stores, and ipads!
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| shelling beans |
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| polishing silver |
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| stringing squash |
We also had a little time to explore the village and seaport a bit. They each took their turn at the helm of a ship, checked out the mates quarters, and found a fun room of dress-up and games.
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