Earlier in May, we headed to the Frontier Culture Museum in Staunton for their Spring Homeschool Day. They do this twice a year, in the Spring and in the Fall. Though we have been to the Frontier Culture Museum before for Wool Days, this is the first time we have been for their Homeschool Day. The girls were definitely excited for this field trip. We got a neat surprise when we first walked in to get our tickets. To the right of the ticket counter, there was a display of tourism brochures and pamphlets and just above this was one of Brent's picture. One of the local tourism boards had bought this image last year and there it was in print!
We got our wrist bands and headed out to see the Museum. It is both indoor and outdoor. It is divided into several sections including West African, English, Irish, German, American and Native American farm during different historical time periods.
The girls got to pull wool to get it ready to process and they loved seeing the new lambs as well. We were out of town this year for their Wool Days event at the Museum so the girls did not get to see them shear sheep this year.
The little one loved watching the lambs too.
Here is Rachel with her Daddy. They were watching the blacksmith at the forge making a door hinge.
At the German farm, they got a chance to help roll out egg noodles and at the Irish farm, they helped to ground some oats.
At the Native American farm, they played a game with a group of kids where they tried to get their corn cob and feather dart through a hoop.
Here are all the girls in the Native American village. Rachel really enjoys learning about history (she gets that from both her mom and her dad, the history major)!
Here is part of her trip report she made once we got back. She had a little help with the spelling on the cover but all the rest she did on her own. Yes, I am planning to keep it in her memory box as well.
We had a great field trip and learned lots of history on our trip to the Frontier Culture Museum.
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