Old Florida Museum Field Trip

What an awesome field trip!  The Old Florida Museum, located in St. Augustine, Florida, sets aside one or two days in September each year just for homeschoolers to come visit.  We went with our homeschool group, the Palm Tree Peace Homeschoolers.  The boys had such a great time learning about the Spanish settlers who came to Florida, the Timucuan Indians who were here way before the settlers, the pioneers who lived here, and they got to be archaeologists who sifted through and learned the difference between artifacts and ecofacts.  Below are pictures from our trip back in time!

Digging for artifacts

Artifacts vs. Ecofacts



Inside a Timucuan ceremonial hut



One little, two little....

A spear made with a swordfish nose!



Warpaint and tattoos - now you're a REAL indian!



Gardening with conch shell hoes



Grinding the corn for dinner



Timucuan game of corn darts

Inside a Spanish settler's home

Spanish war hero

Spanish conquistador

Fluffing up beds of Spanish moss & hay

Pioneer students and their teacher

Writing name with turkey quill & ink

Pioneer games - hula & stick

Helping pump water for the garden

Grinding corn for cornbread and grits

Pioneer Tic-Tac-Toe!