Since the fall of 2007, Scribner’s Mill has offered educational programs for area elementary schools. These experiential learning opportunities compliment school curriculums and provide resources for educators to help them meet required Maine Learning Results.

Learning experiences may include watching how shingles and dry barrels were made during the 19th century at the mill and having an opportunity to sign a shingle then nailing it in place on the mill building.

Activities at the Scribner homestead include shelling and grinding corn for corn muffins made in the homestead’s kitchen. The muffins are baked in a wood stove and butter is churned for the muffins which are enjoyed after a tour of the house. In the fall apples are press for cider. As students tour the mill and homestead they experience what life was like during the late 19th and early 20th century. The 5th grade students, who are studying the Civil War period, are introduce to the story of Bourdon Scribner, who volunteered at the age of 18 to serve in the Union Army.

To learn more about this opportunity, please contact Ed Somers at 647-3396.

The following are samples of pictures drawn by the 3rd grade students who visited the Mill in the fall of 2009. Scribner’s Mill would like to thank each student for their thank you notes and drawings.