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Great for Grade 3-5, but adaptable to all grade levels

Cost: $2 per student; chaperones free

Come and meet Judge Thomas Chandler Haliburton and his famous fictional character, Sam Slick, who together popularized many sayings such as "it’s raining cats and dogs" and "the early bird catches the worm." In a game format, students will explore how "facts are stranger than fiction" as they find out about Haliburton’s work, his family, and their lives in the early 1830s and 1840s. The program includes an interactive house tour and an opportunity to play with reproduction toys of the 1800s. Post-visit activities are available.

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Great for Grade 3-5, but adaptable to all grade levels

Cost: $2 per student; chaperones free

Daily life may have changed very much since the early 1830s and 1840s, when Judge Thomas Chandler Haliburton lived in Windsor with his large family, but people still love a mystery and a ghost story. This interactive program includes an interactive house tour, an opportunity to explore some mystery items, and--if you are brave enough– take a guided walk and hear a scary talk when you visit Haliburton’s Piper’s Pond.

Grade 1-3, but adaptable to all grade levels

(approx. 45-minute program)

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An interpreter from either Haliburton House or Shand House Museums will visit school classes in the local area to talk about how life has changed in the town of Windsor over the past 150 years, since Haliburton’s time to the time of the Shand family until today. Students will explore artifacts from the past.