(NJ) December 1, 2012-January, 2013, NEW JERSEY VIEWS: Original Paintings and Prints of New Jersey, 1761-1900, Morven Museum & Gardens, 55 Stockton Street, Princeton, NJ 08540, 609-924-8144, info@morven.org. This exhibit, featuring one hundred original prints and paintings depicting New Jersey, represents a comprehensive and scholarly examination of the state’s visual history. This private collection of lithographs, aquatints, engravings, watercolors, and oil paintings, presents a unique look into the wide variety of images of New Jersey from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.   www.morven.org.

(FL) December 2012, - May, 2013, HOMESCHOOL PROGRAMS, Central Florida Zoo, 3755 NW Highway 17-92, Sanford, FL, 407-323-4450 x 123, education@centralfloridazoo.org. Call or email to receive a brochure on our Homeschool Programs. www.centralfloridazoo.org.

(PA) December 1-2, 2012, OLD TIME CHRISTMAS. Quiet Valley Living Historical Farm, 1000 Turkey Hill Road, Stroudsburg PA 18360, 570-992-6161, farm@quietvalley.org. This event presents a winter evening on the Farm with guides dressed in period clothing leading you by lantern light through the various buildings and displays. Experience Christmas in the 1800s with a Christmas Putz display, candlelight, live barnyard nativity, caroling, Belshnikel, free refreshments and a gift shop filled with handcrafted items. www.quietvalley.org.

(OH) December 2-7, 2012, HOMESCHOOL DAYS AT GREAT WOLF LODGE, GREAT WOLF LODGE – Cincinnati/Mason, OH, 2501 Great Wolf Drive, Mason, Ohio 45040, 800.913.9653, masongroupsales@greatwolf.com. Great Wolf Lodge indoor waterpark resort is the perfect combination of family fun and affordability for homeschooling families. And the flexibility of a homeschooling family’s schedule, allows you to take advantage of our greatest mid-week values.  It’s family fun on your terms!  Terrific Homeschool Discount Rates Available!  Use Group Code 1209CLASS for special rates. www.greatwolf.com.

(PA) December 4-9, 2012, MARY POPPINS.  Hershey Theatre, 15 E. Caracas Avenue.  PO Box 395, Hershey, Pennsylvania 17033, (717) 534-3405. Featuring an irresistible story and unforgettable songs from one of the most popular Disney films of all time, plus brand-new breathtaking dance numbers and spectacular stage-craft, Mary Poppins is everything you could ever want in a hit Broadway show! So get swept up in the fun of this high-flying musical the New York Post gives 4 out of 4 stars and calls “a certifiable super hit!” www.hersheytheatre.com.

(PA) December 8-9, 2012, OLD TIME CHRISTMAS. Quiet Valley Living Historical Farm, 1000 Turkey Hill Road, Stroudsburg PA 18360, 570-992-6161, farm@quietvalley.org. This event presents a winter evening on the Farm with guides dressed in period clothing leading you by lantern light through the various buildings and displays. Experience Christmas in the 1800s with a Christmas Putz display, candlelight, live barnyard nativity, caroling, Belshnikel, free refreshments and a gift shop filled with handcrafted items. www.quietvalley.org.