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Our Year of Prairie Primer Has Come to an End :-(
We just completed our Prairie Primer Curriculum for the year and to celebrate we attended the Prairie Days Annual Festival in Independence, Kansas. This was our 4th year to go and we had so much fun, as usual. The girls made pottery and a beaded craft, participated in a Spelling Bee, shopped in the gift store, checked out the one-room log cabin that Laura lived in, watched Native American dancers and petted some animals in the petting barn. The following are pictures from years past and also includes pics from when we saw the musical in 2010...
We have so enjoyed doing the Prairie Primer curriculum this past year and highly recommend it to anyone considering it as part of their homeschooling! We've made some wonderful memories together reading the books and doing the suggested activities. As for our curriculum choice next year, we'll be doing "Portraits of American Girlhood" which is based on the American Girl books. Looks like another blog may be in my near future :-)
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2008:
2007:
We have so enjoyed doing the Prairie Primer curriculum this past year and highly recommend it to anyone considering it as part of their homeschooling! We've made some wonderful memories together reading the books and doing the suggested activities. As for our curriculum choice next year, we'll be doing "Portraits of American Girlhood" which is based on the American Girl books. Looks like another blog may be in my near future :-)
The First Four Years - Week 1
CONTRALTO:
n. Music, pl., -tos. (Abbr. contr.)The lowest female voice or voice part, intermediate in range between soprano and tenor.
A woman having a contralto voice.
DROP-LEAF TABLE:
A drop-leaf table is a table that has a fixed section in the center and a hinged section (leaf) on either side that can be folded down (dropped). If the leaf is supported by a bracket when folded up, the table is simply a drop-leaf table; if the leaf is supported by legs that swing out from the center, it is known as a gate leg table.
Drop-leaf tables were found mostly in England where they date back to the late sixteenth century; Elizabethan and Jacobean examples are still extant.
PANTRY:
n., pl., -tries.
A small room or closet, usually off a kitchen, where food, tableware, linens, and similar items are stored.
A small room used for the preparation of cold foods.
THE INGALL'S KITCHEN:
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| --Photo courtesy of Leslie A. Kelly and the Laura Ingalls Wilder Memorial Society, 105 Olivet Ave., Box 426, De Smet, SD 57231 http://www.discoverlaura.org |
MARRIAGE:
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| (Photo: Laura and Almanzo in 1886.) |
MAR'RIAGE, n. [L.mas, maris.] The act of uniting a man and woman for life; wedlock; the legal union of a man and woman for life. Marriage is a contract both civil and religious, by which the parties engage to live together in mutual affection and fidelity, till death shall separate them. Marriage was instituted by God himself for the purpose of preventing the promiscuous intercourse of the sexes, for promoting domestic felicity,and for securing the maintenance and education of children.
Marriage is honorable in all and the bed undefiled. Heb.13.
1. A feast made on the occasion of a marriage.
The kingdom of heaven is like a certain king, who made a marriage for his son. Matt.22.
2. In a scriptural sense, the union between Christ and his church by the covenant of grace. Rev.19.
MONEY SITES FOR KIDS:
Crown Financial Ministries
Teaching Kids About $ the Dave Ramsey Way
FamilyMint
How to Teach Budgeting to Kids
THOMAS EDISON:
HOW A BABY IS BORN:
Inside Pregnancy (amazing videos of the growth of a baby in the womb)
HAIL:
Hail Lesson Plans
MrDonn.org
ST. BERNARD:
Breed All About It (Animal Planet)
Farmer Boy - Week 4
CUD:
CUD, n. [See Chew and Jaw.]
2. A portion of tobacco held in the mouth and chewed.
3. The inside of the mouth or throat of a beast that chews the cud.
FLAIL:
FLA'IL, n. [L. flagellum. We retain the original verb in flog, to strike, to lay on, L. fligo, whence affligo, to afflict; plaga, a stroke, or perhaps from the same root as lick and lay. Gr. See Lick.]PECK:
PECK, n.1. The fourth part of a bushel; a dry measure of eight quarts; as a peck of wheat or oats.
2. In low language, a great deal; as, to be in a peck of troubles.
COW'S DIGESTIVE SYSTEM:
Rumen Anatomy (Click on the cow's body parts to find out about it's function)
A Cow's Digestive System (PBS Movie)
ENERGY:
THRESHING MACHINE:
Threshing Machine (Wikipedia)
GEMS:
HOW TO CLEAN TARNISHED SILVER:
MAUL:
MAUL, n. [L. malleus. See Mall.]
A heavy wooden hammer; written also mall.
MAUL, v.t. To beat and bruise with a heavy stick or cudgel; to wound in a coarse manner.
WITHE:
WITH, WITHE, n. [L., probably a shoot.]
1. A willow twig.
2. A band consisting of a twig, or twigs twisted.
LIVERYMAN:
LIV'ERYMAN, n.
1. One who wears a livery; as a servant.
2. In London, a freeman of the city, of some distinction. the liverymen are chosen from among the freemen of each company, and from their number are elected the common council, sheriff and other superior officers of the city. They alone have the right of voting for members of parliament.
HAYPRESS:
BANKING INFORMATION:
Lots of links about banking and teaching your kids about money can be found here.
"THE ROAD NOT TAKEN" - by Robert Frost
Farmer Boy - Week 3
PHOTOSYNTHESIS:
GROWING PUMPKINS:
BRIDLE:
1. The instrument with which a horse is governed and restrained by a rider; consisting of a head-stall, a bit, and reins, with other appendages, according to its particular form and uses.
2. A restraint; a curb; a check.
3. A short piece of cable well served, attached to a swivel on a chain, laid in a harbor, and the upper end drawn into a ship and secured to the bits. The use is to enable a ship, when moored, to veer with the wind and tide.
Bowline bridles are short legs or pieces of rope, running through iron thimbles, by which the bowline attaches to different places on the leech or edge of a large sail
BRI'DLE, v.t. To put on a bridle; as, to bridle a horse.
1. To restrain, guide or govern; to check, curb or control; as, to bridle the passions; "to bridle a muse."
Bridle the excursions of youth.
BRI'DLE, v.i. To hold up the head, and draw in the chin.
HARNESS:
H`ARNESS, n.
1. Armor; the whole accouterments or equipments of a knight or horseman; originally perhaps defensive armor, but in a more modern and enlarged sense, the furniture of a military man, or offensive, as a casque, cuirass, helmet, girdle, sword, buckler, &c.
2. The furniture of a draught horse, whether for a wagon, coach, gig, chaise, &c., called in some of the American states, tackle or tackling, with which, in its primary sense, it is synonymous.
H`ARNESS, v.t. To dress in armor; to equip with armor for war, as a horseman.
Harnessed in rugged steel.
1. To put on the furniture of a horse for draught.
Harness the horses. Jer.46.
2. To defend; to equip or furnish for defense. 1 Macc.4.
MAKING HOMEMADE ICE CREAM:
HOW TO PICK OUT A RIPE WATERMELON:
RAISING PIGS:
FISH:
HOW TO MAKE EGGNOG:
HEART AND VASCULAR SYSTEM:
Heart Anatomy at Enchanted Learning
Heart Programs and Activities for Kids (American Heart Association)
Heart Lesson Plans at Education World
Grain Cradle
c. 1900
SELFISH:
SELF'ISH, a. Regarding one's own interest chiefly or soley; influenced in actions by a view to private advantage.HOW TO TREAT A BURN:
BELGIAN HORSE:
Farmer Boy - Week 2
AUG'ER, n.
An instrument for boring large holes, chiefly used by carpenters, joiners, cabinet makers, wheelwrights and shipwrights. It consists of an iron blade, ending in a steel bit, with a handle placed at right angles with the blade. Augers, made with a straight channel or groove, in some places, are called pod-augers; the modern augers, with spiral channels, are called screw-augers.
MOOSEWOOD TREE:
PATIENCE, n. pa'shens:
1. The suffering of afflictions, pain, toil, calamity, provocation or other evil, with a calm, unruffled temper; endurance without murmuring or fretfulness. Patience may spring from constitutional fortitude, from a kind of heroic pride, or from christian submission to the divine will.
2. A calm temper which bears evils without murmuring or discontent.
3. The act or quality of waiting long for justice or expected good without discontent.
Have patience with me,and I will pay thee all. Matt.18.
4. Perseverance; constancy in labor or exertion.
He learnt with patience, and with meekness taught.
5. The quality of bearing offenses and injuries without anger or revenge.
His rage was kindled and his patience gone.
6. Sufferance; permission. [Not used.]
7. A plant, a species of rumex of dock.
HOW TO MAKE MAPLE SYRUP:
* Why harrow a field? Find out here.
POTATOES:
Life Cycle of a Potato Plant
Lots of Potato Links
Potato Prints
The Potato Story
FLOWERS:
Flowers at PPPST.com
Flowers in Motion - QuickTime Movies
Flowers at Enchanted Learning
Plants and Flowers at The Teacher's Guide
Lots of Potato Links
Potato Prints
The Potato Story
FLOWERS:
Flowers at PPPST.com
Flowers in Motion - QuickTime Movies
Flowers at Enchanted Learning
Plants and Flowers at The Teacher's Guide
STAR SPANGLED BANNER:
* Lots of 4th of July links can be found here.
AMERICAN FLAG OF 1867:
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE:
PAR'ASOL, n. [L. sol.]
A small umbrella used by ladies to defend themselves from rain, or their faces from the sun's rays.
Farmer Boy - Week 1
ALMANZO WILDER:
Almanzo Wilder (Wikipedia)
Farmer Boy (Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum)
WOOL PRODUCTION:
RED CEDAR TREES:
WOOD:
BIRD'S NEST PUDDING RECIPE:
1/2 tsp baking powder
3 eggs
1 pint heavy cream
1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp cream of tartar
1 c brown sugar
1 c flour
1/2 tsp butter
1 c homogenized milk
1/2 c powdered sugar
6 tart apples (about 2 lbs)
1 tsp maple flavoring
Directions:
Step #1 Butter a baking dish (2-quart).
Step #2 Peel & core the apples & place them in the dish.
Step #3 Fill the wholes with brown sugar, pressing slightly, & sprinkle half the nutmeg on top.
Step #4 Place in preheated 350° F oven to start baking while you prepare the batter.
Step #5 Separate the eggs, putting the yolks into a larger bowl & the whites onto a platter.
Step #6 Beat whites with a fork or whisk until they no longer slip from the tilted platter.
Step #7 Beat the yolks until they change color; stir in the maple flavoring & milk.
Step #8 In smaller bowl mix flour, cream or tartar, salt, baking powder, & any remaining brown sugar.
Step #9 Stir this mixture quickly into the liquid.
Step #10 Fold the egg whites into this thin batter.
Step #11 Pour the batter evenly over & around the partly cooked apples & return dish to the oven, baking it until the crust has browned, another 45 mins to 1 hr.
Step #12 While the pudding bakes, stir the powdered sugar & remaining nutmeg into a pitcher of heavy cream.
Step #13 Take the finished pudding directly to the table before it falls, & turn each serving onto a plate so the apple is nested in the fluffy crust.
Step #14 Pour sweetened cream over them.
OTHER LITTLE HOUSE RECIPES:
SOLIDS, LIQUIDS AND GASES:
These Happy Golden Years - Week 4
TORNADOES:
THE WEDDING OF LAURA AND ALMANZO:
* Find out what happened to some of Laura's friends here!
These Happy Golden Years - Week 3
VOICE LESSONS:
SOUND:
AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL:
THE 5 ELEMENTS OF MUSIC:
MUSICAL NOTATION:
HOW TO MAKE POPCORN:
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