Saturday Feb 11, 2017
Saturday, February 11
Mount Prospect Historical Society's One-Room Schoolhouse
103 S. Maple Street
Mount Prospect, IL
$15 per child
Laura Ingalls Wilder 150th Birthday
"Lunch Pail" Book Discussion
Grades 4-6
Mount Prospect Historical Society's One-Room Schoolhouse
Celebrate the birthday and teaching career of American pioneer girl Laura Ingalls Wilder in Mount Prospect Historic Society's newly restored original one-room schoolhouse. Children in grades 4-6 will discuss Ingalls' book These Happy Golden Years while snacking on lunch provided in a tin pail, just like Laura would have eaten. Participants need to read the book beforehand and come ready to chat about the story. (The book has a Lexile level of 840: and an AR book level of 5.6)
This event includes pioneer lunch and souvenir pail. This is for participants who already have a copy of the book. Deadline to register is January 31, 2017. To register for this event visit www.mtphist.org or call (847) 392-9006.
Printed courtesy of www.mountprospectchamber.org – Contact the Mount Prospect Chamber of Commerce for more information.
3400 W. Stonegate Blvd. , Arlington Heights, IL 60005 – – info@mountprospectchamber.org