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"Escape the Tories"

The Mather Homestead during Revolutionary Times

Kids will learn about the Revolutionary War, a time when Tories came across the Long Island Sound to raid homes in Darien, then Middlesex Parish.

Includes:

- Tour of the 1778 home

- Scavenger Hunt or "Escape the Tories" (depending on age)

- Craft our outdoor games

"Colonial Living"

The Sustainable/Homesteading lifestyle during Colonial Times

Kids will learn about how people lived back in Colonial Times when Joseph and Sarah Mather built the Mather Homestead (1778) on 100 acres of farmland.  

Includes:

- Visit to the Mather "keeping room" where Sarah Mather baked bread in the beehive oven for her 11 children.  

- Interactive presentation with workbook in the barn.

- Homesteading stations:  candle making, embroidery, butter making.

- Dress up in the playhouse and Colonial games.  

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"Become a Junior Ranger"

The National Parks & Stephen Mather 

Kids will learn about the National Parks and Stephen Mather's important role in creating the National Park Service and the system of 63 parks that we enjoy today. They will earn a "Stephen Mather Junior Ranger Badge".

Includes:

- Interactive presentation about the National Parks with workbook

- Fun games 

- Walk through Mather Meadows

- Craft, e.g., leaf painting

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"Become a Junior Docent"

We invite kids to learn an abbreviated tour of the house and then to lead others through the house!  We will provide you with tour materials and you invite your family/friends to tour.  

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"Tea Party!"

Kids will drink tea, nibble on scones and other goodies, and learn about etiquette, e.g., what to do with that pinkie finger!  After tea, we'll do a craft and, play tea party games and read "How to Behave at a Tea Party".  Tea party in the garden, weather permitting, or in the barn.  

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All programs are $20/child, up to 20 children per visit. 

1 1/2 hours.  Mutually agreeable time. 

Please contact Cristi Mohr at cristimohr@matherhomestead.org to plan a group visit. 

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