Stepping Back In Time

Homeschool Day at Gunston Hall Plantation !! What a treat ! The kids were on docent led tours in small groups to visit several "time period" stations.

They began visiting the spinner, proceeded to make "beaded necklaces" similiar to those the slaves wore, continued with colonial games, went to the "schoolhouse for lessons", listened to storytelling from that time period and then went into George Mason's house as the were re-enacting the "time period" of when the Redcoats were heading up the Potamac River to "invade" all the plantations on the river. George Mason and his wife were at the house packing up their belongings because they didn't know how long they would be away from their "home on the plantation".

The kids had a great time !