Description
| Event Name | Colonial Classroom |
| Date | Friday, June 9, 2023 |
| Time | 10:00am - 1:00pm |
| Location | Read Schoolhouse, 1670 Flat River Road, Coventry, RI 02816 |
| Pricing Info | |
| Adults | Free (One adult per family) |
| Kids | $26 |
| Description |
Ages 6-16 Spending a day at Read Schoolhouse is a wonderful opportunity to experience school as it was in the 1770's. To make the day more meaningful and memorable, ask the children to come dressed as they might have dressed 250 years ago. For the girls a long skirt or dress, bonnet or shawl would make a fine costume. The boys could wear an old pair of pants could be cut just below the knee and worn with long socks for a knickers effect. A white shirt and vest is another idea the boys might try. Don't forget something "old" for yourself as well. Lunch will be a picnic outside if the weather allows, bring a blanket to sit on. If it is rainy or too cool, the children eat at their desks. Since we're going back 250 years, please don't use lunch boxes or paper bags. A wicker basket, tin box or pail, or even a large dinner napkin tied on a stick can be used to carry lunch. If it's at all possible try to make an old-fashioned lunch - bread or roll, cheese, hardboiled egg, chicken, ginger or molasses cookies, apple or dried fruit are some suggestions. No cans or bottles of soda, please. Lemonade or fruit juice in boxes would be more appropriate. In addition to an old-fashioned lunch and costume, each child be wearing a name tag with an old fashioned name. Please write the name large enough so it can be read at a distance. Cornelia, Charity, or Phoebe might be for the girls, while Lemuel, Caleb, or Ezekiel are long ago names given to boys. Please have the children practice writing their "old" name so they can spell it easily. Children MUST be able to READ, WRITE, follow directions, and sit for considerable periods of time • Create a hornbook and paste in a lesson. • Make a turkey feather quill pen and write with it. • Hear a short lesson on children’s lives in the 1700s as well as school masters’ lives. • Use the blackboard for a few simple lessons. • Hear a story about a one room schoolhouse. • Practice reading in a 1775 primer. Each family must have 1 adult in attendance, at no cost Only those registered to attend may attend (space limitations), siblings should not attend. .jpg) |
| Registration Link | REGISTER HERE (registration opens 4/9 at 8pm) |
| Cut off Date | 5/19/23 |