Learn From Home

Gardens:
Ready for our next Learn From Home activity?! Today we will be learning all about Pioneer Gardens. Explore what the pioneers planted and how they used what they grew.
Hint: they used the things in their gardens for much more than just food!
We’d love to see the pictures you complete for this activity, send them to: wsmuseum@townofws.ca.

Archaeology:
This week, dig into the topic of archaeology! What does it mean to be an archaeologist and what happens if you find an artifact while on a hike?
Explore these topics and more in this Learn From Home module, as well as an at-home activity sure to bring out the archaeologist in the entire family!

Toys and Games:
Did Early Settler and Victorian children have fun in their leisure time without digital gaming systems, cell phones and television?
Explore for yourself in this Learn From Home module all about the toys, games and chores that kept children busy day in and day out. This lesson even includes a DIY for your own old fashioned toy!

Canadian War Cake:
For this learn-from-home activity, join Program Coordinator Ohan, in the kitchen to cook up a little piece of history with Canadian War Cake.
Follow along in your own kitchen with this step-by-step video as he discusses Rationing, the War Effort, and The Home Front!

Early Settler School:
Was school for early settlers in the mid-late 1800s different?  
This offering contains three different activities!

To access the activities, click here.

To access and print the colouring page seen to the left, click here.

My Family Tree:
Family Trees tell us a lot about our families and their unique stories.  This activity will help create links between the present and the past of your own family. 

Click here to access the activity instructions.

Pandemic Journal:
Calling all residents of Whitchurch-Stouffville!  The Whitchurch-Stouffville Museum & Community Centre is asking for your participation in a project to keep a record of your experience during this unprecedented time.
We’re asking that you share your story by completing a journal of your daily life as you navigate through self-isolation & social/physical distancing (you can do this as a family or as an individual). We’re providing you with some suggestions (seen in the image on the left).  However, you can share any information that you feel is important. The purpose of collecting this information is to share our experience with future generations. You can also submit photos you’d like included in the historic record to the email address below.
Your journals can be submitted at any time following the resolution of the Covid-19 Pandemic via email to: wsmuseum@townofws.ca or you can mail it directly to the Museum:
Whitchurch-Stouffville Museum & Community Centre
14732 Woodbine Avenue
Stouffville, ON L4A 2K9

Personal information contained in this form is collected under the authority of subsection 2.4 of the Whitchurch-Stouffville Museum & Community Centre Research Policy. The goal of this project is to collect information about our individual experiences for the historic record of our community during the Covid-19 Pandemic. Questions about this collection should be directed to: Museum Curator/Supervisor, Town of Whitchurch-Stouffville, 14732 Woodbine Ave, Whitchurch-Stouffville, ON L4A 2K9 (905) 640-1910 or 1-855-642-8697 x 3292.