Learn at Home
Resources for students and families
Special thanks to Tacoma Creates for supporting our Learn at Home resources
Bringing Tacoma's birthplace to life through interactive learning
for elementary students and our community
Kids Activities
Arts and crafts materials for Tacoma-area kids
We're hosting socially-distanced Craft Saturdays.
Museum craft kits for at-home activities
This winter, we are offering take-and-go craft kits. Pick up your kit from the museum's front porch using social distancing etiquette, 11am - 1pm, on four designated dates.
January 9, Winter Snowflakes
February 13, Year of the Ox
March 13, Brain Teasers
April 10, Postcards
More details on our Facebook page.
Instructional videos available on our YouTube channel.
Winter Activity Bingo
Ideas for keeping kids active on chilly days
Even if we don't get snow in Tacoma this year, these suggestions will give your family ideas of fun things to do.
Download your free printable Winter Activity Bingo card.
We hope you'll share a photo of your child's favorite winter activity or your completed bingo card with us on social media - #WinterInTacoma.
We're bringing the museum to you.
Museum activity packets in Tacoma neighborhoods
In Summer 2020, our volunteers delivered activity packets to 150 Little Free Library locations throughout the Tacoma area, reaching every neighborhood in the city. Inside each folder are 9 activities designed for kids, plus a museum pencil. The learning materials are designed for children ages 3-12.
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.
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.
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.
Old Town Scavenger Hunt
Take a walk and explore the neighborhood where the city of Tacoma began to develop. Find out about the people and places that were important in the history of this area.
This scavenger hunt begins and ends at Job Carr Cabin Museum in Old Town Park -- 2350 N 30th St, Tacoma.
Winter Activity Bingo
Ideas for keeping kids active on chilly days in the Pacific Northwest
Activity Pages
Downloadable resources for school or home
Cabin Kids Art
Spring and Summer 2020, supported by TacomaCreates
Congratulations to Eloise L
WINNER!
2020 Cabin Kids Art Challenge
Thank you to all the kids who sent in their artwork!
Art entries were collected 3/23/20 - 5/31/20.
Winner was selected through Facebook polling.
Congratulations to Pranavi and Sophia
WINNERS!
2020 Summer Coloring Contest
We love seeing your creative inspiration!
Art entries were collected 7/1/20 - 9/5/20.
Winner was selected through public voting at the museum's September Craft Saturday event.
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