Pioneers (1840-1860)

Little House in the Big Woods
Thimble Pictures
Our Experience with
Molasses Candy Pulling
Little Log Cabin
model complete with daubing

Little House on the Prairie
Covered Wagon model
Little House on the Prairie
Paper Quilt Squares
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.
By The Shores of Silver Lake
Little House Imagination Station "Lapbook"

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:

(Next Post: Transcontinental Railroad and the Telegraph, 1860's)

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