A Brookside Harvest is a living history celebration of 19th century American traditions in rural Saratoga County. The program includes demonstrations and hands-on activities in gathering the harvest, preserving and cooking the harvest, keeping warm, and having fun.

2010 Program Dates:
Kindergarten through 2nd Grade:  September 21-23.
Preschool:  October 18-22; 25-29 and November 1-5.
Fees: $3.50 per student (member schools) or $4.00 per student  (non-member schools).

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The program is designed to meet the needs of teachers and students in the study of social studies in kindergarten and grade 2 (NYS Learning Standards 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, and 1.4).  A similar program is available for pre-K students.

This program runs for one week in early October for K-2 and group sessions last for an hour and a quarter. Fees for the program are $3.50 per student for education member schools and $4.00 per student for non-member schools.

Programs for pre-K students last for an hour and the teacher may select either preserving apples or preserving corn for their program topic.  Fees for pre-K programs are $3.50 per student for education member schools and $4.00 per student for non-member schools.

To receive additional information on this program or to be added to our mailing list call Brookside at (518) 885-4000 or send an e-mail to Linda Gorham at lgorham@brooksidemuseum.org.

Teacher materials for A Brookside Harvest are as follows:

1. Cover Sheet with objectives, length of visit, preparation and visit
information.
2. Resource Guide: Page 1, Page 2, Page 3, Page 4, Page 5
3. Drawing – Tools of the Harvest
4. Photo – Denison Farm