Doon Heritage Village: Home School Day

Waterloo Regional Museum

Evidently, all kinds of museums and conservatories in the tri-cities have Home School Day.

On Friday, Waterloo Regional Museum hosted Home School Day.
It's a free event for children under 5 years old and their teaching parents!
http://www.waterlooregionmuseum.com/upcoming-events/event-details/?id=6&type=0&calendar=1
We spent our lunch hour taking advantage of the grounds!

Train Station

Gorgeous Autumn weather led us outdoors to the Doon Heritage Village.
The first stop is the Train Station where children can have an old fashioned train ticket printed out for them!

One ticket to Halifax

We toured what seemed like our family cottage 30 years ago!

Except our pump was outdoors!

And our laundry was not quite as 'rustic'!

Ringer Washer

The cold cellar was host to shelves of preserves (and an upper shelving unit that held pies!)

They had an amazing chicken coop that had us taking notes for next years backyard project, as well as a host of turkey's 'gobble gobbling'!

Run from Thanksgiving!

I love this picture from the tractor barn, the sunlight seeping through the walls and massive wood beams.

Could be torn from a page of Charlotte's Web.

Tractor Barn

En route to the Wagon Rides we stopped at the Blacksmith's who was working on making new tongs.

The building itself was brilliant, complete with brick walls, barn doors and wood beams, but it is actually a working space! The museum even hosts Blacksmith 101 workshops (and happens to fall on Dabby's birthday weekend!)

Blacksmith's

Watching the Blacksmith at work

We ended the tour with a Horse-drawn wagon ride through the forest, past remaining houses, the church and fire station. 

Then had time for a few old-fashioned games;)

Stilts

These wooden stilts could be easily made with a couple of 2x2's and a wooden block at the base.

Stick & Hoop

O gave Daddy instructions on how to play Stick & Hoop!

Weaving Shop

 

The Heritage Village boasts actual homes from the early 1900's, brought in from surrounding area's to create the atmosphere of an old working community.

We didn't even make it to the indoor's museum!

Highly recommended field trip!