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Contact: Barb Sanders
Gettysburg, PA – Gettysburg National Military Park will start the new year with events for families and young learners. Our History Kids Reading Adventure Club (ages 4 to 10) and our Time Travelers Reading Adventures Club (ages 7 to 12) offers families with younger children an opportunity to travel back in time to learn about different figures and topics of our shared past.
History Kids Reading Adventures Club
The 2025 Winter Reading Adventures theme is ‘National Parks and the Arts’ with a new children's book featured each week (with pages on the big screen) ranging in subject and time period from Paul Revere’s Ride and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow to Ansel Adams and Yosemite National Park. Each program will explore a unique artform and discover a special National Park Service site. Short activities or family adventure instructions will follow each book. All programs are free of charge and take place at the Gettysburg National Military Park Museum and Visitor Center. This program is recommended for families with children ages 4 to 10.
Join the History Kids Reading Adventures Club every Saturday morning at 11 am from January 4 through February 22, 2025.
“Our Winter Reading Adventures program is for kids who are learning to read or love to read and want to spend part of their Saturday’s time traveling back and forth between all eras of our history -- from the 18th century right up to last Friday!" explained Education Ranger, John Hoptak.
Time Travelers’ Reading Adventures Club
Abe Lincoln at Last (Magic Treehouse Series) by Mary Pope Osborne, and Alfred Waud Goes to Gettysburg (a graphic novel) by Ellen T. Crenshaw will be featured.
Young readers, writers, and adventurers (ages 7-12) are encouraged to attend these special programs where we will read and discuss ‘Abe Lincoln at Last’ (Magic Treehouse Series) by Mary Pope Osborne and ‘Alfred Waud Goes to Gettysburg’ (a graphic novel) by Ellen T. Crenshaw. We will participate in a digital scavenger hunt about Abraham Lincoln and sketch in the footsteps of Civil War sketch artist, Alfred Waud, among other adventures. Join us as we explore two great books for young readers through read-alouds and fun activities.
Join the Time Travelers’ Reading Adventures Club on Saturday mornings at 11 am on March 1, 8, 15, and 22.
For more information and a full schedule of these and other family focused programming at Gettysburg National Military Park, please visit www.nps.gov/gett.
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Last updated: December 12, 2024