Home Learning Resources

Our Learning Team have put together a range of resources, each one is based around the buildings at the Museum.

Family Learning Resources

 

COAM Craft Ideas for the Easter Holidays Part 2

In this final installment of family learning resources, we’re providing you with some fun Springtime inspired craft ideas to try ...
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Flower Easter craft

COAM Craft Ideas for the Easter Holidays Part 1

For our second to last installment in this series of family learning resources, we’re providing you with some fun Springtime ...
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Iron Age Meal

Learning Resource: Meals inspired by our Buildings

Here at COAM we have buildings from all different time periods. From our reconstructed Iron Age Roundhouse to our 1940s ...
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Learning Resource: Signs of Spring

Spring is definitely arriving on our site and around our local areas and there are plenty of ways to spot ...
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Chiltern Open Air Museum allotment

Learning resource – the gardens at COAM

With the start of spring just around the corner we thought there was no better time to tell you all ...
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How do we build a building family learning resource

STEM at COAM: How do we build our buildings?

This week (5th - 14th March 2021) is British Science Week and to celebrate the different areas of science, technology, ...
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Crazy Pets and Secrets Revealed Book Cover

World Book Day with Vix J Cooper

This week's World Book Day family learning resource is brought to you from author Vix J Cooper whose books Crazy ...
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Mad about Mud: An Intro to tracking

It’s another wet winter and it seems that all the woodland pathways and fields around the museum have turned into ...
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COAM fun for February half-term

Are you feeling lost for things to do this February Half Term? For our fourth installment of family learning resources, ...
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Pancakes

Shrove Tuesday

For our next installment of family learning resources, we’re getting you ready for Pancake Day! We tell you why people ...
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owl mask craft

Wildlife at COAM: Barn Owls

At Chiltern Open Air Museum we are very lucky to have lots of wildlife that live on our site. For ...
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Rainbow at Chiltern Open Air Museum

COAM Colour Walk

At this time of year the weather can be rather miserable and getting outside can sometimes be a mission. So, ...
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Home Learning Resources

 Iron Age Roundhouse home learning resource

The Iron Age Roundhouse

A learning tool about where Iron Age houses came from with story telling, make your own Iron Age house and find the melting point of chocolate activities.

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Arborfield barn home learning resources

Arborfield Barn

An agricultural barn used for our Anglo Saxon workshops. Activities include brooch making, Beowulf comic strip, writing secret messages using the Futhork alphabet.

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 Make an Anglo Saxon Brooch

Anglo Saxon Brooch

A guide to making your own Anglo Saxon Brooch.

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 Futhork alphabet home learning resource

Runic Futhork Alphabet

Learn and write using the Runic Futhork Alphabet.

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High Wycombe Toll House Home Learning

High Wycombe Toll House

A learning tool about toll houses and toll keepers with game making, job description writing and Victorian baking activities.

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Victorian school home lerning resources

Thame Vicarage

A learning tool about our Vicarage which is dressed as a Victorian school with research and abacus making activities.

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Borehamwood Cattle Byre

Borehamwood Cattle Byre

A learning tool about traditional farms with making cream, storytelling, scratch and milk research activities.

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Haddenham Croft Cottage learning resource

Haddenham Croft Cottage

Learn about the earth cottage at the Museum and take part in wall paper designing, research project and family portrait activities.

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1940s prefab home learning resource

Amersham Prefab

Learn what it was like to live in a 1940s post war prefab and take part in letter writing, photo collage and gratitude journal activities.

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Leagrave Cottage Home Learning Resource

Leagrave Cottage

Learn about the past inhabitants of Leagrave Cottage and take part in Victorian scone making and well making activities.

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Farm story starter

Farm Story Starter

Can you finish the Magic Milk Story starter?

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Spring scavenger hunt

Scavenger Hunt

Take part in our Spring scavenger hunt!

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Chilterns farm home learning resources

Hill Farm Barn

 A learning tool about grain with bread making, experiments and research activities.

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Rossway Granary

Rossway Granary

Learn about a granary with create your own granary, newspaper report activities.

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Gorehambury Cart Shed

Gorehambury Cart Shed

Learn about carts and wagons with a create your own farm machinery, experiments and research activities.

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Marsworth Cattle Shelter

Marsworth Cattle Shelter

Learn what it was used for and take part in activities such as creating your own character and cow sculpture.

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Clay Making in the Chilterns

Clay Making in the Chilterns

Find out about how children helped with brick making and take part in brick making, cuboid spotting and construction activities.

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Colour walk picture collage

COAM Colour Walk

Take a colour walk to brighten up your daily exercise. A really simple way to start looking closer at the world around you.

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Short Video Resources About COAM Buildings

 

Henton tin chapel at Chiltern Open Air Museum

Learn About Our Henton Tin Chapel

A short video about our reconstructed tin chapel from Henton. The building was first erected in 1886, it came to ...
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Victorian Toll House at Chiltern Open Air Museum

Learn About our Victorian Toll House

A short video about our reconstructed Victorian Toll House from High Wycombe. This video was created using funding from Heart ...
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WW1 Nissen Bow HUt at Chiltern Open Air Museum

Learn About Our WW1 Bow Hut

A short video about our reconstructed WW1 Nissen Bow Hut ...
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Haddenham Kitchen

Learn About Our Earth Cottage

Find out a little bit more about our Haddenham cottage by watching this video - make sure that you've got ...
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post war housing prefab

Learn About Our 1940s Prefab

A short video about our reconstructed 1940s postwar prefab house from Amersham ...
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