 School
Programs
Traveling Colonial Program
Goody O’Grumpity
ENHC Milestone Award Winner!
Goody O’Grumpity visits your classroom to mesmerize students
with a diorama of her cooking hearth and tales of early colonial life
in New England. Goody shares touchable artifacts from the museum and,
after having read Carol Ryrie Brink’s poem, invites students to
take turns grinding spices that are left with the teacher for baking
Goody’s spice cake. Goody sends the recipe ahead so it can also
be made for a snack that day. (45 minutes) Pre-K - Grade 2
$100.00 per session up to 25 students, additional same day program $65.00
per group of up to 25, plus mileage.
Lynn- “The program was organized and well-presented,
all personnel involved with children were wonderful with the children!”
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Programs at the Museum or offsite
Colonial Household
This interactive program provides an overview of daily life
during the Colonial period in rural Massachusetts and includes opportunities
for children to participate in hands-on activities. Teachers select
up to two activities from candle making, soap making, games, cooking,
or schooling. Every child brings home a product of his/her activity.
Children also enjoy a tour the first floor of the Claflin-Richards House
led by a costumed educator and participate in an introductory slide
discussion about Colonial family and community life. (2.5 - 3 hours)
Grade 2 - 5 $6.00 per child (plus travel fee and mileage if
offsite)
Native Americans on the North Shore
Rockport- “I’m thrilled to find a program about
Native Americans near Rockport!”
As they are introduced to the history and daily life of Native
Americans on the North Shore, students discover the people who were
here before the first settlers and learn how they lived. Students participate
in a pow-wow to learn about the Algonquians on the North Shore using
the museum’s Native American artifacts, reproduction pieces, and
renowned doll collection. Each student also constructs his/her own miniature
longhouse to take home. (2 hours) Grade 2 - 5 $6.00 per child (plus
mileage if offsite)(plus travel fee and mileage if
offsite)
Woburn - “We loved the hands-on artifacts
and making our take home project. We’ll be back for future field
trips.”
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Cold Cash Crop: The Wenham Ice Industry
Queen Victoria insisted that her guests be served ice from Wenham Lake.
How did this industry put Wenham, Massachusetts, on the map for a half
a century? The study of Wenham Ice Industry through original photographs
and tools of the trade provides a unique opportunity for students to
understand the rise and decline of an industry. The program includes
a look at simple machines through the demonstration of historic ice
tools.
(1 hour) Grade 2 - 5 $4.50 per child (plus travel fee and mileage if
offsite)
Ipswich - “The Wenham Museum program was both fun
and informative.”
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Programs at the Museum
Fireside Chat
Meet Joanna McClaflin, mistress of the museum’s circa
1690 Claflin-Richards House, and learn about her life as one of the
early settlers of the North Shore. Students gather in front of Joanna’s
fireplace and hear stories about her family and their life in New England.
Children question the costumed interpreter, discussing the differences
between “then and now,” as they enjoy the historic room
and learn about food production, trading, community life, and household
duties of the Claflin family in the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
(45 minutes) K - Grade 3 $5.00 per child
East Boston - “The program was well run,
and overall very enjoyable.”
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Spinning and Weaving
This hands-on, interactive program demonstrates how wool is
changed from raw material to cloth. We begin with slides, a discussion
of the process of making cloth before the Industrial Revolution, and
a fabric-centered tour of the 17th-century Claflin-Richards house. Children
engage in the process of turning fleece to fabric, from teasing and
carding fleece to spinning and dying, and then weaving. Each student
produces an individual weaving project to bring home.
The program touches areas across the curriculum, including history,
math, and science. (2.5 to 3 hours) Grade 3 - 5 $6.00 per child
Gloucester - “A hidden treasure hidden no
more!”
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Building for the Future
This program provides a hands-on look at construction for young
children. The class includes a study of the reconstruction of the museum
through pictures and architect’s models. Each child completes
a group project using the museum’s large collection of building
blocks as well as an individual construction project to take home. New
this year, through keen observation of the museum’s collection
of doll houses students will learn the many details that go into the
construction of a house or model. This will bring the children closer
to the collections at the museum as well as introducing a whole new
skill set and appreciation of structures to the students. (1.5 hours)
Grade 1 – 3 $5.00 per child.
Student Art Gallery
The museum offers local schools (pre-school through grade 12)
the opportunity to display student artwork for a month in our Student
Art Gallery. All artists are given a family pass to view their work
while on display. Pre-K - Grade 12
Bennett E. Merry and Family Discovery Galleries:
The museum’s Family Discovery Gallery and Merry Train Gallery
offer opportunities for students to enjoy a less structured trip to
the museum. The interactive Family Discovery gallery features rotating
hands-on activities exploring different themes related to museum collections.
There are engaging and educational dress-up, building, and art-based
activities, among many others. The Bennett E. Merry Train Gallery features
six running lay-outs of model trains including a Salem to Newburyport
line. (1 hour) Pre-K - Grade 1 $4.00 per child
Beverly School for the Deaf - “Really great,
lots to see and do!”
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