Homeschooler Days: Feb. 26, 2025

Heritage Park is Perfect for Homeschoolers with Curious Minds

Join us on Feb. 26 to experience curriculum-based school programs that allow children to explore history as close to firsthand as possible! Using a variety of activities, our interpreters will lead children through a thoughtful, fun and exciting day they won’t soon forget! Scroll down to register today!

Program Details

• Date: Feb. 26, 2025
• Price: $56 per student, GST exempt. Each student is allowed one complimentary guardian.
• Program Duration: 9:30 a.m. – 2 p.m.
• Check-in: 9:15 a.m.
• Lunch: 11:30 a.m. – 12 p.m.
  
  

Know Before You Go

• A minimum number of registrations are required for programs to run. If minimum numbers are not reached 5 days prior to camp date, camps will be cancelled, and all registered participants will receive a full refund.
• Registration closes at 9:00 am two days before the event.
• If you choose to cancel a refund is available up to 14 days prior to a camp start date, a $25 administrative fee will apply.
• Each program is limited to 15 participants.
• Only one complimentary guardian is allowed to attend per student.
• If you choose to attend, you will be required to help with the program.
• Younger siblings are not allowed to attend with registered students or with guardians helping with the program.
• Guardian/teachers are not obligated to stay
• Registrations are for full day only.
• Please refer to your confirmation letter for additional information about this day.

Grade 1-2 Program

Arctic Adventure (9:30 a.m. - 2 p.m.) 

The beauty of the Arctic and the fascinating lives of the Inuit come alive in Arctic Adventure. Through discussion, activities and artifact examination students will learn how the Inuit survived and thrived in this harsh climate. Students will depart with an understanding and appreciation how geography and resources can shape a community. Some activities take place outside including trying out the snow goggles they made and trying their hand at Inuit games.  

Grade 3-4 Program

First Encounters (9:30 a.m. - 2 p.m.) 

Put on your explorers’ hat, dress warm, and head off on a learning expedition! Your journey begins by travelling back in time to the days that First Nations, trappers and traders lived in the west. How did these people travel through the frozen terrain? Learn the survival techniques that were developed by First Nations people and taught to the Europeans who came to supply the fur trade. This is a full day of learning through activities, games and crafts.  

Grade 5-6-7 Program

Ways of Life (9:30 a.m. – 2 p.m.)

This program will teach the ways of life among the Blackfoot confederacy, the voyageurs, and the Métis of Western Canada. Covering the lifestyles of these diverse groups, we discuss what the population of Alberta once looked like, how it changed, and what prompted those changes. The students will also learn about the relationship each of these groups had with the land.  This will be done through a combination of stories, artifact demonstrations, and activities.