Hands-on Studios
OSV offers hands-on studio programs designed for Tiger, Cub & Webelo Scouts focusing on Cub Scout Academics and Sports Programs. Cub Scouts will get their hands on history during activities led by a museum teacher in our dynamic education center or within the museum. Studios are 50-minutes unless otherwise noted. The following studios are designed to provide the information and resources to earn all three steps. Up to 10 participants per studio.
Plain & Fancy Studio
Learn about common materials and elements of design by looking at examples of traditional early 19th-century fine and decorative art. What elements of art have been carried on into today's creations? Make a reverse glass (plastic) painting.
Art
Encourages uses of higher-order thinking skills and expression of creativity. Activities include viewing artwork at a museum or gallery and making paper, collages, and other works of art.
1. Make a list of common materials to create visual art compositions.
2. Demonstrate how six of the following elements of design are used in a drawing: lines, circles, dots, shapes, colors, patterns, textures, space, balance, or perspective.
3. Identify the three primary colors and the three secondary colors that can be made by mixing them. Show how this is done using paints or markers. Use the three primary colors and the three secondary colors that can be made by mixing them. Show how this is done using paints or markers. Use the primary and secondary colors to create a painting.
Print Studio
How did people communicate in the early 19th century without telephones, faxes, blogs, Facebook, or email? Learn about some of the most common ways that people kept records, made announcements, and communicated with friends and family who were travelling or who had moved away.
Communicating
Stimulates and encourages reading and writing through activities such as writing a letter, keeping a journal, and visiting the library.
1. Tell a story or relate an incident to a group of people such as family, den, or members of your class.
2. Write and send a letter to a friend or relative.
3. Make a poster about something that interests you.
Home Studio
Just like today, good manners were a common practice in the early 19th century. Learn some "Rules of Civility" including "Table Manners", "In the Company of Others & Sportsmanship", and "Respectful Behavior during Introductions & Conversation" all while preparing, baking and enjoying lemonade and cookies.
Good Manners
Encourages awareness of good manners and courteous behavior, and how being polite makes a good impression on others. From practicing table manners during mealtimes to good sportsmanship while playing games, Cub Scouts learn how showing respect for others makes life more pleasant for everyone.
1. Make a poster that lists good manners that you want to practice. Share your poster with your den or family.
2. Introduce two people correctly and politely. Be sure that one of them is an adult.
3. Write a thank-you note to someone who has given you something or done something nice for you.
Games Studio
A common game for New England children were marbles. To be good, players had to practice, demonstrate skill, and be patient. Learn about the history of this thousand years-old game, practice playing a traditional game called "Ringer" and, make your own shooter out of clay.
Marbles
Encourages learning a new sport, developing new skills, competing with his peers, and being recognized. The Cub Scout is encouraged to learn and practice good sportsmanship, and to do his best.
1. Explain the rules of Ringer or another marble game to your leader or adult partner.
2. Spend at least 30 minutes practicing skills to play the game of Ringer or another marble game.
3. Participate in a game of marbles.
Studio Fees
Village admission ($8 per child) plus $50 per group of up to 10 children for 50-minute studios and $150 per group of up to 10 children for 90-minute studios.
Registration
Please contact our Museum Education Sales Department at 508-347-0285 or email us at osved@osv.org.
