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Homeschool Day

Life on the Blackland Prairie Past & Present 

March 4, 2025 10 am -12 pm

Blacksmith demonstration in the farm shop (1)

Join us on the Farmstead for Homeschool Day!

  • Learn from demonstrators how useful products were made in the past or in the present.
    • Watch an experienced Blacksmith in action and learn why this occupation was an important job.   
    • Hear a story with North 40 Storytellers Guild
    • Investigate honeybees with Collin County Hobby Beekeepers Association
    • Explore fiber arts with Dallas Handweavers & Spinners Guild
  • Enjoy a wagon ride around the 4-acre farm
  • Meet all the farm animals (goats, sheep, pigs, donkey, ducks, and guinea fowl)
  • Wash laundry the old-fashioned way
  • Feed the chickens
  • Learn how to milk a cow with Buttermilk, the magnificent mechanical cow
  • Challenge yourself with a scavenger hunt
  • Use a high wheel plow 

Wilson House will not be open for this event.

Activities open from 10am-12pm. Farm open until 1pm. Bring a lunch and enjoy a picnic on the farm!

Tickets:

  • Child (2-16 years) $12  
  • Children under 2 years old – reserve a ticket at no cost  
  • Adult (17 years and up) $5 

Museum Members (Family level or higher) receive one adult ticket FREE with purchase of one child’s ticket. Look for an email with your access code.

All tickets are non-refundable and non-transferrable.  

Purchase your online as events often sell out. If sold out, no tickets will be available the day of the event or at the door.

Parking

Visitors may park along Pitman Drive or in the lot on the southside of BT Furnishings. Do not park at Chase Bank. Violators may be towed. Please do not park in front of houses on Gardengrove Court. 

Weather and Cancellations

Events are held, rain or shine. Activities take place outside on our 4-acre farmstead.  Be prepared for possible muddy conditions if it has recently rained. 
 

If a program is cancelled due to severe weather, the decision will be made by 8:30am on the day of the program. An email will be sent to the address connected with your tickets. Refunds will be processed in these cases.