This coming school year, one of the units that the homeschool coop we are part off will be doing is the Middle Ages. Well, on July 11th, the kids and I embarked on a discovery journey at the Kingdom of Osgoode as there was an Education Day for their Medieval Festival.
The day is specifically designed for children ages 4 to 14 and is packed with games and demonstrations on everything from chivalry and armour to medieval music and archery. Various stations are installed on the following subjects:
- Medieval Dancing
- Medieval Drumming
- Bow Making
- Armour and Chivalry
- Arts & Crafts
- Juggling
- Shield Making
- Blacksmith
- Archery
- Music & Story Telling
- Medieval Medicine
My favourite activities were the drumming, the armour and chivalry, and the juggling. We learned a bit about archery and medieval medicine but it’s wasn’t’ as interesting for the kids.
Here’s some picture of our day.
Games area
Catapult
Damsel and her knight
More games
Archery game
Medieval Medicine – somewhat new age things said here….
Chivalry!
Shield making
Drumming
Stilt Walking – not an easy thing to do.
Bow Making
Jugglery
I am thankful that the sun was shining but the it wasn’t too warm. A cool breeze was present as well.
In all, a beautiful day and we learned a bit about the Middle Ages!
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