Pioneers (1840-1860)
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| Little House in the Big Woods Thimble Pictures |
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| Our Experience with Molasses Candy Pulling |
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| Little Log Cabin model complete with daubing |
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| Little House on the Prairie Covered Wagon model |
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| Little House on the Prairie Paper Quilt Squares |
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| Spinning Wool with a Drop Spindle |
The boys made "Tin Punch" necklaces using a hammer, nail and a frozen juice lid...
at Farm Fest, but they could have easily been made at home, too.
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| By The Shores of Silver Lake Little House Imagination Station "Lapbook" |
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| photo from Thrive |
We tried to make these Rice Krispie Quilt Squares like the ones at Thrive, but all we ended up with is a lot of brightly colored treat blobs.
books:
- Little House on the Prairie series, Laura Ingalls Wilder
- Rachel's Journey: The Story of a Pioneer Girl, Marissa Moss
- Bound For Oregon, Jean Van Leeuwen
- Three Names, Patricia MacLachlan (K-4th grade), "Recalling his days as a student in a one-room prairie schoolhouse, Great-grandfather reminisces about his beloved dog Three Names."
inspiration and resources:
- Westward Ho! lapbook at Dynamic 2 Moms
- Little Paper Covered Wagons with the supplies they would have taken at Learning Is Messy
- Pioneer Food at Aussie Pumpkin Patch
