Joseph Scattareggia, Sarah Mackey, Charlie Tyan, Tara Fenty and Anna Paisley waited for instructions on how to make cornbread. Miss McCaver's second-graders visited Sands-Willets House in Port Washington to learn about life in the past.

The morning began with a tour of the historic house and its many features. They learned about the occupants of the home and how they spent their days.

Then the children were divided into groups and received instruction in various tasks. The students each made a horn book. Children of long ago learned to do penmanship on their horn book. The students also played games and dressed in period clothing.

Kitchen duties for the second-graders included making an apple pie and cornbread. They enjoyed their pie and bread on the porch of the beautiful home. The students enjoyed the morning and appreciated all the modern conveniences we have today.

Stephen Pappacena, Jared Baker, Rebecca Curran, Zara Pahlavi and Katie O'Connor waited to enter the kitchen. Zara Pahlavi and her mother looked at the clothes children wore in the past. Rebecca Curran practiced writing on her horn book with a quill pen. Stephen Pappacena used the dancing man toy. Heather Fanning, Elsie Schaubeck, Matthew Koslo, Matthew Critelli and Brian Carss made their horn books and used quill pens. Jeanne Butler and her mother tried to use one of the toys found in the home.