This past week the students had all of their assignments based upon ice cream.
On Thursday, we broke into three groups and attempted to make our own!
The good news is that one group kind of worked! I think that more
shaking would have helped. I will be sending home the 'recipe' so that
you can try it yourself one day this summer. Shaking that ice cream
mixture should keep a little one busy for at least half an hour!
I LOVE the field trip we went to on Friday. The Fort Heritage Precinct
does an amazing job of helping the students make connections to life
in the past. With the close location just down the highway, I highly recommend
spending a day there with your family this summer!
This little group was in the school house,
learning what might be a punishment if you weren't a student that behaved,
and how to use a slate.
This is inside of the Kulak house, where nine children were raised!
The main floor wasn't as large as our classroom!
Inside the fort itself, the children got to grind coffee beans
and sit inside a jail cell.
We went into the barracks and tried on
various hats that were worn back in the day...
and it seems that the bison hide on the bed was rather comfortable!
This area was a real thrill, because the students got to pump water,
wash, wring out and hang up the laundry,
and milk the cow and goat!
They had so much fun trying the games that have been entertaining
children for a hundred years, egg on the spoon races, potato sack races,
and these walking blocks.
They were trained how to be part of the mounted police force!
They watched the sheep dog go through his paces as he brought the sheep into the pen ,
and then got a chance to feed them a carrot.
What a wonderful day!
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