COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG KIDS. School.: Colonial Williamslburg Kids. Both young girls and boys attended dame school where they learned to read and write.
The schools were often in the teacher's kitchens. Children would use a book called a hornbook to help them learn. Colonial Times. Colonial Life in Early America. Colonial Williamsburg... History for Kids. Colonial Williamsburg Official History Site. Colonial Days. Undefined In colonial days punishment was very harsh.
Different methods of punishment was the whpping post, the bilboes, the stocks, the pillory, branding and maining. The whipping post was a place where people were badly beaten in public. They were whipped for stealing bread shooting fowl on the Sabbath Day, swearing or leaving a boat "without a pylott. " The bilboes were a long heavy bolt, or bar of iron having two sliding shackles, like handcuffs, and a lock. Colonial House . Interactive History. Colonial House . Interactive History . Dress Up.