Little House in the Big Woods

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"These are the perfect beginner sewing project for Brownie troops or for young 4-H'ers." In the mid-1980's, when I was a young adult, I liked to go to local arts and crafts festivals. The best one I ever went to was the Watermelon Jubilee in Ft. Deposit (Greenville), Alabama. I bought an ink drawing by a local artist that I eventually framed, and a Handkerchief Doll. I thought it was the most darling thing I ever saw. I really didn't notice much about its construction until I read an article…

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Laura does a great job of describing prairie life, but sometimes it can be a little confusing because we aren’t familiar with the terms and the tools. I can clean an oven, but I’ve ne…

Welcome to Week 1 of the Prairie Primer and Little House in the Big Woods! Note: please keep in mind that some activities take more than one day to complete, but for the sake of sharing and documenting our journey on the blog, I will post them on the day we started the activity or on the day it is scheduled in the Primer. This will also help others who may be coming here for inspiration. See what we are using and resources we use for more details. Big Woods Book Basket About a week or two…

The video describes the California Gold Rush in 1849.

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David Scrivener plays "Pop Goes the Weasel" on Charles Ingalls' fiddle.

Images and coordinating vocabulary from the book Little House in the Big Woods...

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Maybe you've seen animal tracks in the mud after a rainy day, but did you know that you can study these tracks to learn all kinds of things about the animals...

This week, we learned about honey bees, the nutritional value of honey verses sugar, phases of the moon, various forms of oats, how to make cheese, and more. Note: please keep in mind that some activities take more than one day to complete, but for the sake of sharing and documenting our journey on the blog, I will post them on the day we started the activity or on the day it is scheduled in the Primer. This will also help others who may be coming here for inspiration. See what we are using…

This week we learned about the California Gold Rush and ended our week with a Gold Rush Party. Since we are done reading Little House in the Big Woods, I did some extra reading to catch up on American History - up to the time of the Gold Rush. Books from our Book Basket I am reading By the Great Horn Spoon to Eliana, Malachi is reading The California Gold Rush (a choose-your-own-adventure book), and Eliana is reading The Secret Valley. All other books we read together. We read about the…

From way above in the wintry treetops, Great Grey Owls can hear a teeny tiny vole digging underneath the snow.➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribeAbout...