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[quote=Anonymous]We have friends who live there so visit a few times per year.  DD is now 8 but we have been going since she was 5 or 6.  It's a great age since there is so much interactive.  Stop and watch the parades (I think it's the fife and bugle corps), then let him follow along at the tail end.  Learn how to roll hoops, a children's game, from the women in the street.

Stop and notice one of the women sitting and knitting or tatting lace.  You can strike up the conversation and they are great at engaging the kids.  Mine was there one day when a man came up with a rooster, and she got to pet and hold it.  The re-enactment volunteers love their jobs and the chance to engage with visitors.  Mine is always fascinated by the blacksmith and printer shops.  Of course, make sure to stop and get your photos at the stockade.  You can read books ahead of time based in that period to give some context to him, but also be able to carry along a bit of interesting commentary to give him a sense of what he's seeing.  I forget which location, but one has parlor games that were played back then and the kids can play.  [/quote]

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