Newell House trip

One of the home school groups we're in took a trip to the Newell House down in Oregon. It was really cool. The first hour the kids spent in the old governor's mansion learning about life back in the 1800's, making candles and doing a history scavenger hunt.


The second hour was spent in the one room school house. They actually had some lessons and used slate pencils, stood up and said "yes maam" to answer questions and did practiced reading out of 100+ year old school books. They also got to write in journals with quill pens and made some pioneer toys to bring home.

Finally, we went to the pioneer mother's cabin. Here they got to make bread, comb wool into yarn and wash laundry with a wash board and bucket.

I couldn't really tell, but I think Kaden especially enjoyed this wishing well and the walk down to the river.