By MATT PIKE
St. Joseph Post
The annual Pony Express Museum Day camp is coming up early next month at the downtown museum.
Executive director Cindy Daffron says this year's camp will focus on experiences kids might have had in the 1860's
"It's going to talk about life experiences,' Daffron explains to KFEQ Hotline host Barry Birr. "So, what if once upon a time I was a pioneer boy or a pioneer girl, what would I have done, so what would my job or my role be inside that museum?"
"So, we have pumping of the water, numerous other things like cooking in the relay station."
Daffron says what kids will learn during the camp isn't any different, it's just a different way of learning
"You can read something in a book, but when you've got to walk the pathway or you're hands have to do it, it's kind of like when I take them out to the pony school I hear this all the time, Miss Cindy if they taught like this we'd learn something every day," Daffron says. "It's just a different way to present it."
The camp will run for three days July 8th through the 10th and also July 15th through the 17th. Sign up now as slots fill quickly.
There will also be a one-day camp for preschoolers on July 11th.
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