{"id":11586,"global_id":"www.heritagefarmstead.org?id=11586","global_id_lineage":["www.heritagefarmstead.org?id=11586"],"author":"5","status":"publish","date":"2026-01-27 10:09:11","date_utc":"2026-01-27 16:09:11","modified":"2026-02-27 14:05:39","modified_utc":"2026-02-27 20:05:39","url":"https:\/\/www.heritagefarmstead.org\/event\/homeschool-day-may-13-2026\/","rest_url":"https:\/\/www.heritagefarmstead.org\/wp-json\/tribe\/events\/v1\/events\/11586","title":"Homeschool Day","description":"<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Homeschool Day<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Farmstead Day\u00a0\u00a0<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">May 13, 2026\u00a010 am -12 pm<\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.heritagefarmstead.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/IMG_9136-3-scaled-r9hffmeexq8bnynzklfrztusj3xb8csfjk8dwbr6ao.jpg\" title=\"IMG_9136 3\" alt=\"IMG_9136 3\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<h3>&nbsp;<\/h3>\n<p>Join us at Heritage Farmstead Museum for one of our Spring Homeschool Days. Come learn about what life would have been like for an early settler moving out, building up and living on a farmstead.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li id=\"block-2b7dd4a3-652d-425a-afe1-8af5081373bd\">Meet local demonstrators and find out what important craft or skill was needed to settle a farmstead.<\/li>\n<li id=\"block-2b7dd4a3-652d-425a-afe1-8af5081373bd\">Try your hand at farm chores including washing laundry, plowing a field, feeding the chickens, and milking Buttermilk the Cow (our mechanical milking machine).<\/li>\n<li id=\"block-2b7dd4a3-652d-425a-afe1-8af5081373bd\">Meet the farm animals: pigs, goats, sheep, ducks, turkeys, and Poncho the donkey!<\/li>\n<li id=\"block-2b7dd4a3-652d-425a-afe1-8af5081373bd\">Take a peek inside the historic, 1891 Wilson House!<\/li>\n<li>Ride the wagon around the 4-acre farm!<\/li>\n<li>Demonstrators: local Blacksmith, Dallas Handweavers &amp; Spinners Guild, Texas Parks &amp; Wildlife, and Collin County Honeybee Association<\/li>\n<li>&nbsp;Performers: Sunshine Dulcimers and North 40 Storytellers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Activities open from 10am-12pm. <strong style=\"background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);\">Farm open until 1pm.<\/strong> Bring a lunch and enjoy a picnic on the farm!<\/p>\n<p>All tickets are non-refundable and non-transferrable. Tickets that are resold will not be honored.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Purchase your online as events often sell out. If sold out, no tickets will be available the day of the event or at the door. There are no third-party sales. Tickets only available with the link below.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"font-size: var(--tec-font-size-4); background-color: var(--tec-color-background-events);\">Parking<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Free parking on Pitman Drive and east side of 1300 Custer (see map below).&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Do not park in front of businesses or private residences as they may tow your vehicle.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.heritagefarmstead.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Parking-Map-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\"><\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);\">Weather and Cancellations<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Events are held, rain or shine. 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