Living History Day Camp 2007, Albuquerque

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Joan Lasche'


Below is information about a super Living History Day Camp. My girls attended this camp last year and loved it! They really learned a lot, not just about the time period, but also about important people and events of that time period. They did the victorian camp last year and are going to do the colonial camp this year. I highly recommend it as a way to make history come alive to your young girls.

I know it's kind of early to be thinking about summer activities, but the director of the camp will be advertising to the general public through the New Mexico Kids Magazine starting in March, and she wanted to give homeschoolers first shot at registering. If you're interested, take advantage quickly because the slots filled up fast last year.

Joan Lasche'

Living History Day Camps
Presents…
Colonial Days and the Victorian Times



Victorian Times Camp: Young ladies ages 8-11 are invited to step back in time and experience life150 years ago. Come to Mes Amis Tea House At Nob Hill for a unique opportunity to re-enact daily activities as a historic American girl. Victorian Times allows girls to “connect” with the past by bringing it to life!



Daily activities will include: exploring the lives of historic woman that shaped America and the world, role play activities, crafts, baking Victorian recipes, “taking & serving tea”, color tinting fashion plates, playing parlor and outdoor games, embroidering a Victorian sampler, learning an Early American dance, and a special end of the week “high tea”…all of this while each young lady is dressed in a vintage style hoop skirt, pantaloons, faux fur stole & hat!



Cost of camp is $185 plus tax. Fee includes: all craft supplies, costuming for a week, tea & snacks daily, making a handkerchief doll, a Victorian sampler, a 5 x 7 sepia tone group photo, a scrapbook “Book of Reflections”, a keepsake porcelain teacup, a special “High Tea” and more.







Colonial Days: During the Colonial Days Camp, the girls will be transported back in time to 1607 – 1776 during the formation of the colonies into a “United” nation. Girls will dress up daily in pantaloons, a cotton calico Colonial dress and mob cap. We will discuss famous Colonists such as George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, Betsy Ross, Pocahontus, Squanto, Chief Powhatan, Molly Pitcher, Mother Goose and more.



Daily Activities include: Historic readings, lessons & Colonial role play activities including our own Boston Tea Party! Girls will churn butter in a replica vintage wooden butter churn, participate in crafts such as: candle dipping, ink making, soap making, doll making (corn husk doll, wooden spoon doll). The young ladies will experience what school days were like using slate boards, hornbooks, battledores, writing with a quill feather pen and making their own ink! Camp also includes a 5 x 7 group photo, a “monitor” (scrapbook) and light snacks daily. Each young lady will receive a Rag Doll dressed in a homespun dress, with “miniature” accessories made by the participants, as a keepsake of the Colonial Days. Girls will participate in a final culminating activity called “We The People Revue”. Cost of camp is $185 plus tax. Fee includes all supplies, snacks, and costuming for the week at camp.



Camps will be offered in AM or PM sessions (9:00-12:30) OR (1:30-5:00). Space is limited. Reservations will be on a first come, first served basis. These camps will be offered for FOUR weeks in JUNE ONLY.



For more details and to see photos of the Colonial Days and Victorian Times camps and to Register Online go to: www.MesAmisTeahouseInfo.com Or Call: Michelle Otterness, Director at (505) 975-2635