The Old Stone House

We hope to see each and everybody back for this session of all new projects. Note that returning students get the discount rate. Sessions start on Monday, January 23, 2012 and Tuesday, January 24, 2012. Session includes ten classes.

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New Student Fee: $340
Returning Student Fee: $310

Pickup from PS 321 included.

Group 1: Monday Sessions, 3:30 pm – 5:30 pm
JANUARY: 23, 30, FEBRUARY: 6, 13, 27, MARCH: 5, 12, 19, 26, APRIL: 2
(Note: no class Feb. 20 for Winter Recess)

Group 2: Tuesday Sessions, 3:30 pm – 5:30 pm
JANUARY: 24, 31, FEBRUARY: 7, 14, 28, MARCH: 6, 13, 20, 27, APRIL: 3
(Note: no class Feb. 21 for Winter Recess)

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We’ve extended our program and are happy to welcome new students and old to our Garden Explorers Winter Season. Space is limited so please register online today so you don’t miss out!

Wednesdays, December 7 – February 15
No class on December 28
10 sessions, 3:30 – 5:30 pm

FEE: $255

For children ages 7 – 11.
We offer free pickup at PS 321.

Discover the world of plants, gardening and food at the Old Stone House with OSH Environmental Educator Lila Elman.

The program will take place inside the Old Stone House and in the gardens around it. A light snack will be provided.

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• New for 2011-2-12
• 90 minutes, grade 4-12

Students will use hands-on activities to explore life near a tidal creek in Brooklyn, before and after Europeans settled along the Gowanus.  They will learn about the plants and animals found in a salt marsh, and how Native Americans fished in the Gowanus and grew crops near its shores.  Students will also discover how the Dutch used the creek to power tidal mills and to transport their crops.

• New for 2011-2012
• 90 minutes, grades 2-5

How did colonists treat illnesses?  Students will compare colonial and modern medicine, and learn to identify common herbs, including some that still grow wild in Brooklyn.  Students will also use a mortar and pestle to grind up more familiar garden herbs–such as sage and lavender– to make a traditional poultice. At the end of the program, students will taste some refreshing Freedom tea.

• African Americans in the American Revolutionary War Era
• Grades 4 through 7
• Time period covered: Revolutionary Era, 1735 to 1790

The Declaration of Independence announced that “All men are created equal.” Was this an opportunity for African Americans to call for an end to slavery?

This course explores the lives and works of five prominent African Americans of the 18th Century. Students learn about the inventions of Benjamin Banneker, read the poetry of Phyllis Wheatley, and learn about the courageous struggles of patriots Crispus Atticus, Prince Whipple and James Armistead Lafayette.

• New for 2011-2012
• 45 minutes, ages 4-5

Designed especially for the youngest learners, this program allows children to explore life in 18^th- century Brooklyn through pretend play and object-based learning.  Students will dress in period clothes, play with traditional games and toys, try out household chores —and enjoy a colonial treat.

• Exploration and Interpretation of Period Documents
• Grades: 4-12
• Time period covered: Colonial Era – Early Revolution Eras

Working with original letters, bills of sale, maps and official public documents, students gather in small groups to examine source material and discuss what information these documents can provide about life in Brooklyn during the American Revolution.

• Work and Play – A Child´s Life in Colonial Brooklyn
• Grades 1- 4
• Time period covered: Dutch Colonial Period c. 1700

This workshop allows students to experience the Dutch colonial period through hands-on activities of the era. In addition to chores such as butter making, carding, spinning and weaving, younger students rotate through a variety of Colonial games. Older students learn about spontaneous fermentation through bread starters, candle and soap making and sewing and quilting.

• Exploring America’s First Battle
• Grades 4 – 12
• Time period covered: Revolutionary War era c. 1775-1776

On August 27, 1776, the Old Stone House was transformed from a simple farmstead into the site of the largest battle of the American Revolution. In this workshop, students are divided into several small groups and explore the first battle of the Revolution through the viewpoints of the individuals who fought here.

Learn the principles of this sustainable form of agriculture that’s perfect for your backyard, rooftop, or community garden plot. Claudia Joseph will give an introductory lecture on Urban Permaculture and introduce you to the gardens at the Old Stone House.

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Presented by: Claudia Joseph at the Old Stone House of Brooklyn >
Date: September 26, 2011
Time: 7 pm
Fee: $10

URBAN PERMACULTURE FIELD TRAINING

Date: Wednesday and Saturday mornings
September 7, 10, 14, 17, 21 and 24
9 am – 1 pm
Cost: $20 each session.

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Lead instructor Claudia Joseph will teach plant identification, design principles, maintenance tactics and healthy gardening strategies in the field, weather permitting. Participants will learn in one of our 6 garden areas at OSH or the adjacent William Alexander Middle School. Wednesday sessions may involve gardening with middle school classes for a portion of the lesson. Please register in advance for any sessions you wish to attend.

Announcing Art in the House Winter 2012 session!

We hope to see each and everybody back for this session of all new projects. Note that returning students get the discount rate.

Sessions start on Monday, January 23, 2012. Session includes 10 classes over an eleven week span, and wraps in the first week of April, just before the spring break. Online registration > > >

New Student Fee: $340

Returning Student Fee: $310
discount rates available for siblings

Pickup from PS 321 and the Children’s School included.

Monday Sessions, 3:30 pm – 5:30 pm
Jan: 23, 30, Feb: 6, 13, 27, Mar: 5, 12, 19, 26, Apr: 2
No class Feb. 20—Winter break

Tuesday Sessions, 3:30 pm – 5:30 pm
Jan: 24, 31, Feb: 7, 13, 28, Mar: 6, 13, 20, 27, Apr: 3
No class Feb 21—Winter break

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Please share this with anyone you think might be interested and visit us online at http://www.artinthehouse-osh.org or our blog, http://blog.artinthehouse-osh.org.

• Explore life in Brooklyn during the 18th Century.
• Learn about the Battle of Brooklyn, the largest Battle of the American Revolution!

Fourth Graders from P.S. 372, March 2011

• Explore daily life during the Colonial Era through activities and crafts.
• Learn about plants in our gardens

Directed by Joseph McCarthy, Baltic St. Media Productions

Joseph McCarthy’s film, The Brave Man, tells the story of the Maryland 400 and their fateful stand against the British and Hessians on August 27, 1776. 

Filmed in Brooklyn in 2001, The Brave Man takes place around the Old Stone House on the sites where the Battle took place; contrasting the smoke of musket fire with contemporary Fourth Avenue.

“Not the usual re-enactment of a battle of the American Revolution … a story of putting a cause first over personal safety… fast-paced… History teachers in junior high school and above will want to use this production with classes studying the American Revolution as well as New York history.”
~ School Library Journal (April 2002)

Visit the website www.thebraveman.com for more info and a downloadable curriculum guide.

Saturdays 9am – 5pm

April 30,

May 14 & 21,

 June 4 & 11, 2011

Teacher: Claudia Joseph with  Lars Chellberg, Jono Neiger and guests
These sessions will cover urban permaculture basics: water systems, gardening fundamentals, energy dynamics and cooperative strategies. The sessions include some hands-on opportunities in the field, group and individual design projects, reading, and a final test. Attendance at all classes and participation in the projects is required to receive the Urban Permaculture Accelerated Training Certificate. Potluck lunches.    Fee  $600

This class was held Spring 2011 and is now over. A new course is coming September 2011!