Sierra's Field Trip to a Pioneer Settlement
Yesterday was the first grade's trip to a Pioneer Settlement. I was a chaperone for Sierra's class. We all hopped on a 5 charter buses and headed to a little town about an hour away. Here we are just arriving. Normally in other times of the year you would go from place to place looking at different apects of pioneer life but during the month of December they take the kids from station to station and have them make a Christmas craft from different countries.
Our first station was Africa. The kids made a Kwanza hat.
I snapped a few pictures of some of the wonderful antiques they had in the rooms.
Sierra with her good friends.
More antiques . . . .
We then moved to America where the kids threaded popcorn on a string.
We then moved Mexico where they made a poinsettia wrist corsage (sp?).
Sierra with her friend.
In the corner of the room there was a DUNCE hat . . . I couldn't resists having my friend Kelly take a picture of me.
We then moved on to England where the kids took greeting cards and threaded them with yarn. This is something they do in England - they then hang them on a tree.
We then moved on to Sweden where the kids dipped candles.
A spinning wheel . . . .
They also had a mini farm there filled with great barnyard animals.
The day ended by going to the pioneer workshop where we were greeted by Santa and Mrs. Claus :-)
4 comments:
Emily, it looks like a really fun day!
I did one bus field trip with Holly's ps 1st grade class--and I THREW UP on the bus, into a bag thankfully, but it was still AWFUL!
I ended up falling asleep on the way there and the way back. The charter bus had a DVD player on it so they were playing Toy Story and the kids were so quiet that I just went right to sleep :-)
Sounds like a LOT OF FUN! How exciting to get to go during a time when they have hands on activities.
My favorite subject is History so I was excited to be able to go on this one.
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