Croton Fourth Graders Celebrate Colonial Day

CROTON-ON-HUDSON, N.Y. -- Carrie E. Tompkins fourth graders got into character for the annual Colonial Day, donning clothing and headwear true to the American Colonists while rotating through different activities on Friday, Jan. 23.

Croton-Harmon fourth graders created original design in the tin-smithing workshop during Colonial Day.
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Fourth graders' original designs.
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Croton-Harmon fourth graders played a number of games, including jump rope, marbles, Jacobs Ladder and a challenging task that included fitting as many nails as possible onto a piece of wood, during Colonial Day.
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Croton-Harmon fourth graders discovered girls were given less challenging words to spell during a gender-separated spelling bee in Dame School during Colonial Day.
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Carrie E. Tompkins Elementary Schools Colonial Day ended with a huge feast for fourth grade students.
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by Alesha Hanson

02/04/2015 12:30 p.m.

With help from parent volunteers, students grabbed a hammer and nail in the tinsmithing workshop, were scolded for spelling bee errors in Dame School and played and made their own Colonial games.

Each student chose a first and last name at random to wear as his or her Colonial name for the day, such as Richard Fitchett, Rose Winslow or Caleb Merriman.

“My favorite activity was Dame School; it was really fun,” said Kevin Lopez.

Classmate Dylan Thomas said a big lesson from the day was “learning that Colonists made everything that they used.”

Dahlia Greece said the game room was especially memorable. “I liked jump rope and playing with the marbles,” she said.

Colonial Day ended with a big feast for lunch with goodies like turkey and ham, apple cider and an array of desserts.

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