Farmer Boy provides us with a great view of farming in NY in the mid 1800s. The Wilders owned a large farm in Malone, NY which is way up near the Canadian border above the Adirondack Mtns. We would love to take the kids there this summer. I'll keep you posted on our plans. It's still quite a ...
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Our Studies with Farmer Boy by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Who would have thought I would become an advocate for unit studies after years of training and teaching one subject- science. However, it is a wonderful way to introduce topics of all kinds at a young age and works very well for our kids.Farmer Boy is one of their favorites. Who can't identify ...
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Visit to a local dairy farm
What a field trip!! We had the opportunity to visit a friend's farm today and despite the cool, damp weather we are sure glad we got to go. We've been studying Farmer Boy and if you know anything about the story of Almanzo Wilder's childhood, then you know he grew up on a large farm in northern NY ...
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Easter Notebooks
This blog is a work in progress and since I'm refining my knowledge of how to use the templates, I'm moving some stuff around!Our Easter notebooks are one of the additions to the scrapbook notebook that the kids are keeping. For this one we actually used a product called a Fold and Learn developed ...
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Field Trip to the Cornell Veterinary School Open House
Yesterday we visited the vet school open house at Cornell University. We'd been once before and it is always a super crowded event. Our first stop had to be the raptors. All the children love seeing the birds of prey. Even J our 22 mos old walked in the room and began saying, "Owl!"We were able ...
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It’s All about the Game!
You hear it often at our house- the words, "Let's play a game!" Our kids love games! We play all kinds and we brought many new ones into the house at Christmas time. Some new favorite are Blink- a fast paced visual perception card game, Ziggity- a card game by the maker of Cranium, Blokus- sort ...
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