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New Hampshire Farm Museum School/Group Programs The Farm Museum is a perfect site visit for school and youth groups such as Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, 4-H, and homeschoolers. Groups can come and do their own thing or we have several programs we offer, such as “Farm & Families at Work,” “Big House, Little House, Back House, Barn,” “Hands to Work,” and “Keeping Warm in Winter.” Please see the individual descriptions about each of these programs. When you call to book your group we can talk about which program you would like! To Schedule Your Visit
Farms & Families at Work/ The Ox-cart Man Cost: $6 per child. 10 student minimum-60 maximum. Children explore the way families lived and worked in the past throughout rural New England in this hands-on program based on NH poet Donald Hall’s story, The Ox-cart Man. As the students tour our 18th-century farmhouse cape, they learn about the roles of each member of the household and how they all must help to make their living. They make butter and gather farm products to bring to market and learn about the artifacts and objects of daily life in Colonial times. On their hunt through the barn they search for many of the farm objects depicted in the story and learn about barter and trade. Students will meet our sheep, chickens, goats and pigs, make butter, work with wool, and help pack a real ox-cart for “the trip to Portsmouth.” Big House, Little House, Back House, Barn Cost: $6 per child. 10 student minimum-60 maximum The Jones Farmstead consists of a set of connected farm buildings referred to in an old children’s rhyme as, “Big House, little house, back house, barn.” Each piece of this connected farm structure tells a different story about New Hampshire history from Colonial times to the twentieth century. In this hands-on program, students learn about rural life and technological and agricultural change in New England as they tour the historic farmhouse, hunt for artifacts in the barn, and participate in farm chores. Students will view “Hands to Work,” a short film which uses oral histories and historic photographs of New Hampshire farming. They will try farm chores like grinding corn, carrying water with a yoke, doing the wash, making butter and we visit the farm animals. Hands to Work Program for Pre-schoolers Cost: $5 per child. Maximum: 25 students Children will learn all about the work on the farm and how the children helped in this completely hands-on program for pre-schoolers. They will grind the corn to feed the chickens, do the wash with washtub and wringer, pump the water at the well, feel the wool from the sheep, churn the cream to make butter, plant a seed or harvest the vegetables depending on the season. And we explore the Big Yellow Barn to hunt for fun things related to the farm. Keeping Warm in Winter Cost $8.00 per child. 10 student minimum-25 maximum Students experience winter on the farm in times past in this program based at our historic Plummer Homestead. Children will enjoy grinding corn and spices to make cornbread, making butter, carding wool and weaving, visiting the farm animals, and making their own candle. Through these activities we will learn about changes in home life and technology over the past two hundred years and how people used to keep warm in winter before the days of oil furnaces and electricity! Birthday Parties! Birthdays are scheduled by appointment Wednesday through Sunday, May through October. Birthday program lasts 2 hours and accommodates up to 15 children. Parents are welcome at no extra charge. There are picnic tables on the grounds. Cake, food, and drinks are the responsibility of the parent host.
Program fee: $100 Vacation Day Camps |
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