| K–12 Group Tours  All school programs cost $180.00 per class. (Maximum of 30 children with 5 chaperones, classroom teachers and one hands-on activity.) Discount/Good Neighbor Policy: If your school is within the 11203, 11210, 11234 or 11236 ZIP codes, or Title 1, you will recieve a $30.00 discount for every reserved school program. Please mention "Good Neighbor" or "Title 1" when making your reservation. School Reservation Form (.doc) School Reservation Form (.pdf) Policies and Forms School Program Evaluation On-line Form |
Our goal is to help teachers as they educate students about the past via History, Math, Science and English/Language Arts. Our school programs can be used to introduce or conclude a unit, in place of a lesson, or to supplement classroom learning. Our programs comply with New York State Learning Standards on the Elementary, Intermediate, and Commencement Levels and serve to facilitate the New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards and Connecticut Common Core State Standards and Grade Level Expectations (GLEs) for English Language Arts, Literacy, Social Studies, and Science. All programs use cooperative learning, inquiry, discovery and multiple intelligence strategies to provide students with a firsthand experience of life on a colonial farm. Please see the Teachers page to find a variety of supplemental materials for many learning styles. Programs are Tuesday—Friday at 10:00 am, and last for approximately two hours. Please see our school programs brochure and reservation form. We do not have a facility for lunch. Classes are invited to picnic in M. Fidler-Wyckoff House Park provided that they clean up after themselves. Please note: we do not have a public restroom facility. Please advise all students to use the restroom before their trip! Colonial Life Grades K–12 Learn how a family of 13 lived in a single-room house through inquiry, objects, images, and hands-on activities. Explore the restored home of Pieter Claesen Wyckoff. Discover how an indentured laborer became one of the wealthiest men in colonial Nieuw Amersfoort. Pick one hands-on activity: butter churning, herbs & sachet-making, natural dye resources & weaving. Immigration & Colonization Grades K–12 Discover why immigrants like Pieter Claesen choose to leave one country and seek opportunity in another place. Visit two rooms of the Wyckoff Farmhouse, and discuss motivations for immigration and colonization, the challenges of living in a "New World," and the adaptations people make along the way. Pick one hands-on activity: mapmaking & flag design, herbs & sachet-making, quill writing with natural ink. Colonial Learning & Leisure Grades 1–5 Life on the farm wasn't just work! Learn using images and objects found in a typical colonial schoolhouse. Play like children played before video games, television, and even playgrounds were invented! Try your hand at nine pins, the Game of Graces, and more. Note: This program involves outdoor and indoor play, and is conducted rain or shine. African-American Lives Grades 4–12 Sam, Jack, Lidge, and Cato were enslaved people who worked for the Wyckoff family in the early 1800s. Examine their lives, and investigate primary source documents including slave bills of sale and manumission declarations. In conjunction with this tour, students explore multiple perspectives on servitude and the lives of important African-Americans in colonial New York. Farming & Science Grades 4–12 (Available in May, June, July, August, September, and October) Explore Kings County's role as a farming community between the 17th and the 20th centuries. What we call "organic" and "sustainable," was everyday farming to Pieter Claesen and his family. Examine crops and colonial farming practices, then take a scavenger hunt through our on-site garden! Pick one hands-on activity: make coleslaw, make ketchup, or make pickles! Note: This program involves outdoor activity, and is conducted rain or shine. |
Tele: (718)629-5400, Fax: (718)629-3125, info@wyckoffassociation.org
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