2008 Activities / Summer Camps

Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Pop 'n Play @ the Museum
Hours: 9:00 -11:00 a.m.
Description: Join us for activities designed especially for your 9 month-3 year olds. 
Fee: $1 per child; members FREE. Drop-in program, registration not required. Maximum of three children per adult. Children must be supervised at all times.
Location: Museum of History, 6305 Lackman Rd., Shawnee, KS, 913-715-2550.

Monday, June 9, 2008
Pop 'n Play @ the Museum
Hours: 9:00 -11:00 a.m.
Description: Join us for activities designed especially for your 9 month-3 year olds. 
Fee: $1 per child; members FREE. Drop-in program, registration not required. Maximum of three children per adult. Children must be supervised at all times.
Location: Museum of History, 6305 Lackman Rd., Shawnee, KS, 913-715-2550.

Friday, June 13, 2008
Story Time with the JCM and JoCo Library!
Hours: 10:00 -11:00 a.m.
Description: Enjoy stories and craft activities just for pre-schoolers! 
Ages: Pre-School aged children
Fee: Free, donations welcome
Location: Museum of History, 6305 Lackman Rd., Shawnee, KS, 913-715-2550.

Saturday, June 21, 2008
Family Fun Day @ the Museum
Hours: 1:00 - 3:00 p.m.
Description: Join the Johnson County Museum’s Education Staff in a variety of fun craft activities in honor of the museum’s temporary exhibit, Coming of Age in Johnson County: 1960 – 1976.
Ages: All
Fee: Free, donations welcome
Location: Museum of History, 6305 Lackman Rd., Shawnee, KS, 913-715-2550.

Monday, June 23, 2008
Pop 'n Play @ the Museum
Hours: 9:00 - 11:00 a.m.
Description: Join us for activities designed especially for your 9 month-3 year olds.
Fee: $1 per child, members FREE. Drop-in program, registration not required. Maximum of three children per adult. Children must be supervised at all times.
Location: Museum of History, 6305 Lackman Rd., Shawnee, KS, 913-715-2550.

June 28 - July 6, 2008
Independence Day, 1904 @ the Lanesfield School
Hours: 1-5 p.m., Tuesday – Sunday; closed Friday, July 4, 2008.
Description: Show your patriotism by visit Lanesfield School for a 1904 Independence Day celebration. Learn how our nation’s independence was celebrated in 1904, visit the decorated school, and make a patriotic craft to take home.
Ages: All
Fee: Free, donations welcome
Location: Lanesfield School Historic Site, 18745 S. Dillie Road, Edgerton, KS. 913-893-6645

Monday, July 7, 2008
Pop 'n Play @ the Museum
Hours: 9:00 - 11:00 a.m.
Description: Join us for activities designed especially for your 9 month-3 year olds.
Fee: $1 per child, members FREE. Drop-in program, registration not required. Maximum of three children per adult. Children must be supervised at all times.
Location: Museum of History, 6305 Lackman Rd., Shawnee, KS, 913-715-2550.

July 16 and 17, 2008
EDU 59534: “Recreating History in Your Classroom”
Hours: 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Description: History is alive once again! This course provides educators across the disciplines with innovative teaching strategies to recreate history in the classroom. Participants learn best practices in history education by participating in historical simulations, role plays and cooperative learning activities. Learn how to engage students in activities designed to meet state and national standards in academic disciplines, including social studies, language arts and reading, science, math, and the arts. Elementary, middle and high school teachers attain historical information, classroom resources and activities, and learn about community programs and websites. Teachers become immersed as students in a historical simulation in the historic 1904 Lanesfield one-room school. Participants work in groups to create interactive lessons and design simulations that utilize primary and secondary sources available from the Johnson County Museum. Relevant readings are given as part of the course.
Materials Fee: None.
Grade Levels: K-12.
Instructor: Erin Befort, MSE and the educational and curatorial staff of the Johnson County Museum.
Registration: To register online, please visit http://www.ottawa.edu/KansasCity/content/view/411. Participants may also register on the first day of class.
Location: The Johnson County Museum of History 6305 Lackman Road, Shawnee, KS 66217 913-715-2550.
Fee: All fees are paid to Ottawa University, please see their website for enrollment information.

Friday, July 18, 2008
Please Bug Me While I’m Reading!
Hours: 10:00 - 11:00 a.m.
Description: Get the buzz for reading in storyteller Jo Ho’s delightful program of bug stories from around the world. Adorned in a bug costume, she tells about a beetle from Brazil, a spider from South Africa, an ant from Mexico, and a cockroach from Hawaii.
Ages: Ages 2 and up.
Fee: Free, donations welcome
Location: Museum of History, 6305 Lackman Rd., Shawnee, KS, 913-715-2550.
Registration: Registration begins May 20; call Library Outreach at (913) 261-2343.

Saturday, July 19, 2008
Family Fun Day @ the Museum!
Hours: 1:00 - 3:00 p.m.
Description: Join the Johnson County Museum’s Education Staff in a variety of fun craft activities in honor of Independence Day!
Ages: All
Fee: Free, donations welcome
Location: Museum of History, 6305 Lackman Rd., Shawnee, KS, 913-715-2550.

Monday, July 21, 2008
Pop 'n Play @ the Museum
Hours: 9:00 -11:00 a.m.
Description: Join us for activities designed especially for your 9 month-3 year olds. 
Fee: $1 per child, members FREE. Drop-in program, registration not required. Maximum of three children per adult. Children must be supervised at all times.
Location: Museum of History, 6305 Lackman Rd., Shawnee, KS, 913-715-2550.

Summer Camps at The Johnson County Museum

Tuesday, June 10 – Friday, June 13, 2008
Grow Up, Girl!
Hours: 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Description: Enjoy a week of hands-on fun learning how American girls over time have experienced "growing up." Read from the American Girls book series, enjoy making art projects, making food from different time periods, and play games from the 1760s to the 1940s. Even put on a play to present to your parents the final day!
Location: The Johnson County Museum of History 6305 Lackman Road, Shawnee, KS 66217, 913-715-2550.
Ages: 7 years and Up
Fee: $90 for museum members, $110 for non-members

Tuesday, June 17 – Friday, June 20, 2008
Livin' Large in '04…that's 1904!
Time: 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Description: Step back in time to experience growing up in rural America. Do farm chores, attend a one-room school, and meet the flora and fauna of the tall grass prairie!
Location: Lanesfield School Historic Site, 18745 S. Dillie Road, Edgerton, KS, 913-913-715-2550.
Ages: 8 years and up
Fee: $45 for museum members, $70 for non-members

Tuesday, June 24 – Friday, June 27, 2008
The Curator is YOU!
Time: 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Description: Ever dream of being the curator in a museum? Now's your chance. Attend this week-long camp and be the curator! Work behind-the-scenes at the Johnson County Museum. Handle museum collections and learn the in's and out's of curating your own exhibit. Exhibits created will be displayed at the Museum the entire month of July!
Location: The Johnson County Museum of History 6305 Lackman Road, Shawnee, KS 66217, 913-715-2550.
Ages: 11 years and up
Fee: $90 for museum members, $110 for non-members

Tuesday, July 8 – Friday, July 11, 2008
Coming of Age
Time: 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Description: Explore the psychedelic times of the 1960s & 1970s when your grandparents were young! Experience the hands-on fun of the first video game, learn to dance to Disco classics, make fun art projects, and read the American Girl books about Julie, the 1970s youngster dealing with changes in society!
Location: The Johnson County Museum of History 6305 Lackman Road, Shawnee, KS 66217 913-715-2550.
Ages: 7 years and up
Fee: $90 for museum members, $110 for non-members