Dear Early Grades Teacher:  The Mennonite Heritage Village offers a winter program based upon the Manitoba  Social Studies Curriculum to students/teachers in the early grades. "The Mennonites: Then and Now" meets criteria for General Learning Outcomes,  C, I, D, L, T, G.  Dressed in vests and aprons to depict the simple wardrobe of the early Mennonites, the students explore the life of Mennonite immigrants from a child's perspective. The day's activities emphasize the role of a pioneer Mennonite child within the family and community.  Five areas are highlighted: Migration, Home, Work, Play and School. Each class should be divided into five groups before arrival, with one adult supervisor accompanying each group. These groups proceed from station to station, each of which has "hands-on" activities available for the students. Every student has the opportunity to do all of the following activities: Listen to a story (with large illustrations) of a pioneer family snowed in while inside their "Semlin" (sod house) Pack a trunk with replica items for a Mennonite immigrant family moving from Russia to Manitoba in 1874 Use slates and slate-pencils in a Mennonite private school setting Watch an interpreter spin wool/learn to quilt a comforter Make a handkerchief toy ("kodda pup") Play traditional Mennonite circle games Optional sleigh/wagon ride with horses (weather permitting) Learn to use and handle wood working tools. Budding curators? - Grades 2 and 3 students from Dr. D.W. Penner School in Winnipeg are bent over their craft projects as part of their visit to the Mennonite Heritage Village in Steinbach. - PHOTO BY FRANK FROESE Students and the teachers/parents are expected to arrive at 10:00 am and depart at 2:00 p.m. Except for the sleigh ride this is an indoor program and request children to bring both indoor and outdoor footwear. The Winter Program will be offered from February to April.  For additional information or to make a reservation, please contact:  Mennonite Heritage Village Phone 326-9661      Fax 326-5046  Winter  Program Admission per Student: $6.50 with sleigh ride $5.00 indoor program Soup, bread & coffee available for adults  ** Preference will be given to early booking ** Top Site sponsored by Derksen Printers Ltd.