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A Closer Look at Bread
Our activity today with “The Playful Pioneers” by The Peaceful Press was to make French bread. It is painful to admit that we have never done this together before! We followed the beautiful recipe in the cookbook included with “The Playful Pioneers” curriculum. HERE is a similar recipe by Your Homebased Mom if needed. The kneading was a hit with Miss 6…she kept saying “I need to knead!”. The girls loved tucking in the loaves to rise in the sun, they kept peeking at it every few minutes and…
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A Closer Look at Pigs
This week with “The Playful Pioneers” curriculum we studied PIGS…swine, sows and hogs. We first sketched a picture of a pig and labelled all her parts with the help of “Farm Anatomy” by Julia Rothman. Of course, the girls had a good chuckle about the word “rump”. We mixed whip cream and cocoa to make a nice muddy mess for our pigs to play in. The girls would get the pigs completely covered and then run to wash them off and repeat the process over and over. …
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Book (and things) List
Our must-have, can’t-live-without books (and things)… Bookish Play… “The Little House” boxed set by Laura Ingalls Wilder Play Bonnets by Americana “Farm Baby Animals” by Schleich “Pagoo” by Holling C. Holling and Lucille Webster Holling Hermit Crab by Safari Ltd “Paddle to the Sea” by Holling C. Holling “United States Map Puzzle” by eeBoo “Native American Family” by Playmobil “Treasury for Children” by James Herriot “Farm Babies” by Safari Ltd “Beatrix Potter the Complete Tales” by Beatrix Potter “Baby friends” by Calico Critters…
