ES - Children at events

[Julie Self]

Seems to me that Brandy is right about the activities we used to have for 
the kids and it made me think that maybe the kids should be asked  what they 
would like to learn/participate in at events.  They are generally not shy if 
asked.  Then an effort can be made to include various areas of interest.
Gwenllian
: "Brandy" <brandyrose3 at home.com>
>Reply-To: elfsea at ansteorra.org
>To: <elfsea at ansteorra.org>
>Subject: Re: ES - Children at events
>Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2001 18:08:15 -0600
>
>I had a few thoughts on this matter and thought I would pass them along....
>none are really new ideas, but revived ones.  As a child there are a few
>things I really remember about the SCA... now I know my experience was not
>always the "typical" one for an SCA child but I do remember what was fun.
>     Once upon a time the Barony had Baronial pages.  We wore tabbards much
>like the guards (child size of course) and we had to be at least 9 or 10 if
>I recall correctly (and had to have a parent with us when we volunteered 
>and
>when we decided to take the tabbard off so they knew where we were).  We
>helped with anything the Baron and Baroness wanted us to do... from
>waterbearing to fetching and toting to seeking out people to helping the
>crown with some of the same when they were in our Barony.  We were required
>to stay accessible as long as we were wearing the tabbards, and I know it
>was a big relief to many parents because it kept us fairly close to the
>field and therefore within eyesight of our parents.
>     Another thing I remember is the children's activities.  They were very
>SCA related.  We had heraldry lessons made fun while designing our own 
>arms.
>We learned the correct heraldic descriptions for colors and shapes etc.
>This was fun for both the older and younger kids, because the older 
>children
>could learn the correct way to do this (no color on color etc.) and the
>younger children got to draw like the older kids were doing.  I also
>remember teaching many of the younger children in the process.  We also
>colored scrolls.  The MOC would get a copy of the scrolls from the Star
>Signet and copy them unto white paper.  We would then color them with
>markers or crayons... age appropriate of course.  I also remember an
>embroidery lesson or two and a weaving lesson or two(the finished results
>were normally presented in court to a presiding noble if the child didn't
>already have an intended destination)  and a bardic lesson or two.  We also
>had a children's tent or two... much like a ladies pavilion, where while we
>were doing activities we could pick our favorite fighters and award them
>with small trinkets.  Now another activity I remember were scavenger hunts.
>Most involved a list of clues with questions and people we could ask
>(prearranged of course so they were accesible to us) to get the answer or
>item we were required to find.  In these hunts usually we were divided ino
>teams with the younger children being paired with the older children and we
>were not allowed to leave the area of the list field and/or feast hall most
>of the time (always within eyesight).  Most of these activities kept all of
>us entertained and the older children also actively helped the younger ones
>learn what we were doing because children love imitation.
>     As for pages, besides what was mentioned above, most children will 
>show
>an intrest and if you have the time and energy to devote, do so.  I learned
>to inkle weave and embroider at the age of 8 because a wonderful lady named
>Mistress Caitlin took me under her wing and showed me how and I will never
>forget, because it was fun and never seemed like work.
>
>Those are just a few ideas like I said, and none of them really new, just
>lost or forgotten ideas from years past and things to ponder.
>
>Marion
>
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