Events and Opportunities for Families
Home School Children’s Christmas Tours at Old Economy Village
Old Economy Village in Ambridge, Pa. will be offering two Christmastime for Children Tours for Home School families. This tour is designed for young children from pre-school to the third grade. The first tour will be held on Thursday, December 6 at 1:00 p.m. and the second tour will be Friday, December 14 at 1:00 p.m. Cost is $5 per person.
During this hour and a half tour, the students will make an ornament to take home, learn a Christmas song, hear the story of the Little Crooked Christmas Tree, pretend to decorate Christmas cookies, help make a paper chain to decorate the Village and have a party with grumpy, old Belsnickel. He will be checking his book to see which children are naughty and nice.
You must register for this event by Tuesday, December 4. Please contact David Miller, museum educator, at davmiller@pa.gov or call 724-266-4500 ext.110.
Old Economy Village in Ambridge, Pa. will be offering two Christmastime for Children Tours for Home School families. This tour is designed for young children from pre-school to the third grade. The first tour will be held on Thursday, December 6 at 1:00 p.m. and the second tour will be Friday, December 14 at 1:00 p.m. Cost is $5 per person.
During this hour and a half tour, the students will make an ornament to take home, learn a Christmas song, hear the story of the Little Crooked Christmas Tree, pretend to decorate Christmas cookies, help make a paper chain to decorate the Village and have a party with grumpy, old Belsnickel. He will be checking his book to see which children are naughty and nice.
You must register for this event by Tuesday, December 4. Please contact David Miller, museum educator, at davmiller@pa.gov or call 724-266-4500 ext.110.
ENVIRONMENTAL EXPLORERSConnecting children in grades kindergarten – grade 6 to the natural world by integrating the foundations of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
What is Environmental Explorers?
**FREE, standards aligned program to discuss topics in environmental science and complete
interactive STEM challenges.
When and where do the Environmental Explorers meet?
**Sessions are held throughout the year at the Environmental Learning Barn.
**Parents are welcome to stay on reserve property while their children are exploring the program.
What is Environmental Explorers?
**FREE, standards aligned program to discuss topics in environmental science and complete
interactive STEM challenges.
When and where do the Environmental Explorers meet?
**Sessions are held throughout the year at the Environmental Learning Barn.
**Parents are welcome to stay on reserve property while their children are exploring the program.
Bring Science Education to Life with Phipps' New Homeschool Programs for Ages 3 – 13
Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens welcomes homeschool families to extend your science education curriculum with on-site programming for children ages 2 – 13. Join one of our scheduled single-session or multi-session programs below, or choose from any of our seasonal camps to meet your specific needs. These affordable programs, which bring homeschool families together to learn in small groups, cover a variety of topics ranging from plants and pollinators to health and wellness. Visit our homeschoolers website for more information and enroll your young explorers today!
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Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens welcomes homeschool families to extend your science education curriculum with on-site programming for children ages 2 – 13. Join one of our scheduled single-session or multi-session programs below, or choose from any of our seasonal camps to meet your specific needs. These affordable programs, which bring homeschool families together to learn in small groups, cover a variety of topics ranging from plants and pollinators to health and wellness. Visit our homeschoolers website for more information and enroll your young explorers today!
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Heinz History Center
Constitution Day – FREE ADMISSION
Join us at the History Center on September 17th, 2018, for a celebration in honor of Constitution Day. Programing will include a range of activities relating to the Constitution, American democracy, and relationships between Western Pennsylvania and the constitutional Amendments.
This program is free to all school groups and homeschool families who wish to attend. To register, please click here.
This Constitution Day, we will also be launching a new program in partnership with the Rendell Center for Civics and Civic Engagement. The Citizenship Challenge, for 4th and 5th grade classes, offers an opportunity for students to defend their position on a constitutional issue by writing an essay, for a chance to win great prizes! Visit https://www.rendellcenter.org/citizenshipchallenge/citizenship-challenge-pittsburgh/ for more information.
Destination Moon Homeschool Days
Don’t miss this blockbuster exhibition of lunar proportions! We are offering two homeschool days throughout this exhibit, details of which can be found on our Homeschool Programs page.
History Explorers series
Youth aged 5-8, join us on the third Wednesday of each month from September to April as we explore Pittsburgh stories through games, art, cooking, Making, and other hands-on activities. Caregivers and siblings are welcome, but programming is designed for 5-8 year olds. Registration for the September session can be found here. Future sessions can be found on the History Center Events page at https://www.heinzhistorycenter.org/events.
Meadowcroft
Once again, Meadowcroft Rockshelter and Historic Village is opening its doors to our region’s homeschoolers and their families for a unique opportunity to experience the development of our region.
Explore rural life in the upper Ohio Valley with a visit to Meadowcroft’s 19th century village. Students will visit historic houses, a blacksmith’s shop, and a one room school house to learn what life was like before modern conveniences.
Stepping further back in time to our recreated 16th century Indian Village, students can learn about the complex relationship between nature and man during a program emphasizing our area’s late prehistoric agriculturalists, the Monongahela culture.
Tours of the Meadowcroft Rockshelter will also be available. Students will discover why people camped at the site over the course of 16,000 years and learn about the hunter-gatherer lifestyle of the people who used the site.
REGISTRATION
$7 per attendee and $5 for History Center members. Free for kids under 5 years old. No reservations are required!
Fort Pitt Museum
The Fort Pitt Museum and Point State Park invite homeschool students in in 4th, 5th, and 6th grades to participate in a series of in-depth classes related to history and environmental studies. Classes will be both hands-on and minds-on, and will include reading and writing activities, student led discussions, and take-home assignments for students to continue their learning after class.
Details and registration information can be found at https://www.heinzhistorycenter.org/events/homeschool-series-fort-pitt-september-2018.
Amanda E. McAllen
School & Teacher Program Coordinator
Senator John Heinz History Center
in association with the Smithsonian Institution
1212 Smallman Street | Pittsburgh, PA 15222
412-454-6314
On Friday September 28th from 12:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m., homeschool students and their families are invited to come to the Fort Pitt Museum to take part in a special program focused on the 1778 Treaty of Fort Pitt.
The Treaty of Fort Pitt was the first treaty signed between the new United States and an American Indian Nation (Delaware Tribe of Indians). This month is the 240th anniversary of that treaty and the Fort Pitt Museum will be hosting members of the Delaware Tribe of Indians for reenactments of treaty negotiations and living history demonstrations on Saturday September 29th as part of public programming.
On September 28th, the Delaware Tribe of Indians will work with Museum staff and volunteers to provide a school program where homeschool families will get to watch reenactments of the treaty negotiations, participate in Museum activities, and interact with members of the Delaware Tribe of Indians to learn about the historic tribe and the tribe today.
Online registration will be open until Monday September 24th and is half-off regular admission to the Museum.
To register, please follow the link provided:
https://www.heinzhistorycenter.org/events/treaty-fort-pitt-homeschool-day
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me and ask either by phone or email.
Kathleen Lugarich
Education Manager
Fort Pitt Museum
in association with the Smithsonian Institution
601 Commonwealth Place Building B | Pittsburgh, PA 15222
412-454-6418
www.heinzhistorycenter.org
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