Learn at Home
Resources for students and families
Special thanks to Tacoma Creates for supporting our Learn at Home resources
Learn at Home
Resources for students and families
Special thanks to Tacoma Creates for supporting our Learn at Home resources.
Kids Activities
Arts and crafts materials for Tacoma-area kids
We're hosting Craft Saturdays.
We are offering take-home craft activities. Pick up your craft kit each month from the museum's front porch on designated Saturdays.
Winter/Spring 2024 Craft Saturday Events
January 20 - Indoor Games Kit
February 10 - Lunar Dragon Eye
March 15 - Log Cabin Art
April 13 - Flower Planting
May 6 - Old Town Craft & Music Fest
More details on our Facebook page.
Instructional videos for our past craft activities are available on the Museum's YouTube channel.
We're bringing the museum to you.
Museum activity packets in Tacoma neighborhoods
Our volunteers regularly deliver activity packets to over 100 Little Free Library locations throughout the Tacoma area. Inside each folder are 6 activities designed for kids and a book. The learning materials are designed for children ages 3-12.
Take a look inside our Little Free Library museum activity packets with this 1-minute video. Keep an eye out for our folders at Tacoma Little Free Libraries throughout the year.
Also look for our community booth on select dates at the Tacoma Farmers Market, Proctor Farmers Market, and other local events.
Learn at Home Lesson 1 - Designed for 3rd and 4th grade students, this lesson plan includes reading, social studies, writing and art. It provides students with an opportunity to learn about Job Carr’s life before he traveled west along the Oregon Trail. Students conduct a close reading of a first-person historical narrative, complete a timeline of sequential events, and create an illustrated storyboard of these events.
This material is adapted from the Museum's award-winning traveling trunk curriculum for schools.
Learn at Home Lesson 2 - Designed for 4th grade students, this lesson plan includes math, reading, writing, and social studies. It provides students with an opportunity to learn about important landmarks along the Oregon Trail. Students use a grid map to plot a route across the western United States, complete a close reading activity about Oregon Trail landmarks, and write an opinion paragraph about which landmark was most important to the pioneers.
This material is adapted from the Museum's award-winning traveling trunk curriculum for schools.
Learn at Home Lesson 3 - Designed for 4th grade students, this lesson plan includes reading, social studies and art. It encourages students to think critically about what the Puget Sound area looked like when settlers first began to arrive. It provides students with an opportunity to compare and contrast primary and secondary historical sources.
This material is adapted from the Museum's award-winning traveling trunk curriculum for schools.
Learn at Home Lesson 4, Part A - Designed for 4th grade students, this lesson plan includes social studies, P.E., math, and writing. It provides students with an opportunity to learn about daily life and transportation in Washington territory for the era prior to statehood.
- In Part A, students increase their knowledge of local geography, maps, and trip planning to understand how tribal members and early settlers traveled around Puget Sound.
This material is adapted from the Museum's award-winning traveling trunk curriculum for schools.
Learn at Home Lesson 4, Part B - Designed for 4th grade students, this lesson plan includes social studies, P.E., math, and writing. It provides students with an opportunity to learn about daily life and transportation in Washington territory for the era prior to statehood.
- In Part B, students write a narrative story about an imagined journey during the 1860s, before the arrival of the transcontinental railroad.
This material is adapted from the Museum's award-winning traveling trunk curriculum for schools.
How Has Tacoma Grown?
Learn at Home Lesson 5 - Designed for 4th grade students, this lesson plan includes social studies, reading, and math. Students examine historical photographs to learn more about the development of the city of Tacoma, including the importance of the transcontinental railroad. They compare and contrast the past with the present by analyzing a historical advertisement. Students also use census data from 1870 to 2010 to graph the population growth of Tacoma.
This material is adapted from the Museum's award-winning traveling trunk curriculum for schools.
A Day In The Life of a Pioneer Child
Find out more about daily life for Tacoma children in the 1870s in this 4-part series.
- What style of clothing did pioneer children wear?
- What types of chores did kids do?
- What did they eat for breakfast?
- What did pioneer children learn at school?
- What did kids eat for lunch?
- What did they play at recess?
- What types of toys and games pioneer kids play?
- What did children do on rainy days?
- What kind of music did they listen to?
- What did pioneer children eat for supper?
- How did kids clean up at the end of the day?
- How did they sleep?
- Test your knowledge with a crossword puzzle
- All answers can be found in the 4-part Day In The Life series
Perspectives in Old Town
Find out about the people and places that were important to the history of this area with our Perspectives in Old Town Scavenger Hunt. Along the route, you'll learn more about the Puyallup people and the immigrants who settled in this area during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
This printable walking route begins and ends at Job Carr Cabin Museum in Old Town Park -- 2350 N 30th St, Tacoma.
Homemade Butter
Get a taste of pioneer life with this easy recipe
Draw Job Carr
Use this tutorial from local artist Benjamin Davis?
Old Town Scavenger Hunt
Take a walk through the Old Town Tacoma neighborhood to learn about Job Carr, the transcontinental railroad, and the industries that helped the City of Tacoma to grow in the 1800s. Along your route, you'll visit the location of Tacoma's oldest restaurant, first church, and first schoolhouse.
This printable walking route begins and ends at Job Carr Cabin Museum in Old Town Park -- 2350 N 30th St, Tacoma.
Hot & Cold Game
Play a classic indoor pioneer game, perfect for a rainy day
Hard Tack
Make a batch of pioneer biscuits with this dough recipe
Art Scavenger Hunt
Draw a picture of items you see in your home and neighborhood with this printable children's activity.
Winter Activity Bingo
Ideas for keeping kids active on chilly days in the Pacific Northwest
Activity Pages
Downloadable resources for school or home
Coloring Page
Job Carr
Coloring Page
Cabin With Apple Tree
Annual Coloring Contest
Congratulations to our 2022 winners!
Entries were selected by public vote at the Tacoma Fiber Fling.
Patchwork Quilt Design
Age 7-12 category: Gracelynn
Patchwork Quilt Design
Age 0-6 category: Aadhya
Hours
The museum is open by appointment during the months of January and February.
Location
2350 N. 30th Street
Tacoma, WA 98403
Old Town Park
Contact Us
253-627-5405
Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 7609
Tacoma, WA 98417
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