Fieldtrip to Conner Prairie

Mrs. Stites' class.  A family would have carried everything they owned in a wagon of this size!

Children pretending to mix clay for the potter.

We learned how to 'tease' the wool.

To tease the wool, we had to pull it apart.  Then we twisted it to make  yarn.

We all ground up corn kernels to make corn meal.

We made holes with an old-fashioned drill.  It was hard work!

We had to twist it around and around and around and around.

Making a hole in a piece of wood takes a lot of time!

We sewed apples onto a string.  We will hang them up in our classroom to dry out.

We pretended to float in a dug out canoe.

We got to pet many animals.  This was a friendly goat!

We dipped candles into boiling bee's wax.

The first grade classes went to Conner Prairie.  We participated in a First Grade Pioneer program where we learned about log cabins, pioneer life, and chores children would have had to do.  We played with toys pioneer children would have played with.  This was an introductory experience for when we study pioneers in November.  What wonderful educational 'hands-on' learning, that we will not soon forget!  Lots of learning!  Lots of fun!