The Gibbs Museum Back to School program offers a unique field trip for home-schooled children. This exciting three-hour history immersion program gives 2^nd through 6^th grade-level children the opportunity to experience what learning was like in a nineteenth-century country schoolhouse.
 

Children travel back in time...

• Wear period costumes and sit in nineteenth-century school desks.

• Learn the 3Rs the way children did long ago.

• Write on slate boards with slate pencils.

• Read stories from McGuffey’s Reader at the recitation bench.

PROGRAM DETAILS

Ages:              2nd through 6th grade-level children; parents are invited to attend the spelling bee at 12:00.

 Dates:            Groups (10-20 children registering together)  - Tuesdays or Thursdays, for weeks March 1 - April 13, 2012
                        Children registering individually - Wednesdays, January – March, for weeks March 1 - April 13, 2012

 Times:            9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Please arrive on time; program begins promptly at 9:30.

 Location:       The Gibbs Museum is located at 2097 W. Larpenteur Avenue in Falcon Heights, MN.
                        Enter the site through the service drive located on Larpenteur Avenue and park in the Red Barn Courtyard.
                        Check in children at the white one-room schoolhouse.

Cost:               $15 per child

 Wear:            Children may borrow a Gibbs Museum pinafore or vest or wear their own period-style outfit.
                        Part of each field trip day will be spent outside, weather permitting; dress accordingly.

 Do not bring: Please, no twenty-first century items including electronic devices, backpacks, snacks, toys or games.
                        All supplies will be provided. Lemonade and water provided.

 To Register: Print the registration form on our website (www.rchs.com). Please complete one form per child and mail with payment to Gibbs Museum. 
 

Print this page and the registration form

Back to School registration form