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We are currently doing a unit study on colonial times, and to wrap it up, we have a whole day that we're starting to plan for. Here are just some of our ideas:
Pre-planning: To gear up, you might try reading Sarah Morton's Day, a Scholastic Book, or If You Lived in Colonial Times by Ann McGovern. Both books give an idea of the kinds of activities you could include.
Here are some of the things that we are planning on:
EXCEPTIONS: Although we hope to get a feel for real colonial life, there are a few exceptions we will make. The first will be an absolute refusal to give up indoor plumbing! I will also use the stove to cook, and will use a camera to take lots of pictures for portfolios! Aside from that, we will use candles, heat water to do dishes, and say goodbye to movies, computers, etc. for the day!
CLOTHES: We will request that all the girls that attend will wear dresses or skirts, as pants were unheard of. We will either provide or make first thing their aprons and coifs (bonnets).
FOODS: We will make homemade butter, bake bread, and possibly make ice cream. Our main meal will be as they ate at midday, and I will roast a chicken with potatoes and vegetables, and serve corn on the cob. Drinks will include homemade grape juice and apple cider.
SCHOOLING: To count it as more than a "history" day, we will use slates to do some spelling/math, memorize scripture verses, try our hand at writing with quill pens, and read the almanac to determine good planting times for our fall bulbs. I will also assign a "post" assignment to journal about the day.
GAMES/ACTIVITES: Games could include marbles, hopscotch, homemade kites, and singing. We will also try either weaving or sewing samplers or quilt squares. My Storm Queeen has even suggested I try to find directions to make "poppets", or the colonial dolls.
Hope some of you enjoy it as much as we are looking forward to it!
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Laurel
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Sounds like fun, Laurel. 
Did you have your Colonial Day yet? I look forward to hearing how it went. 
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We have it scheduled for mid-November....currently we are researching quilt patterns, instructions for making "poppets", resources for quill pens and pieces of slate, and of course, colonial recipies! I'll be sure to share after our day! Thanks!
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Having gone to grad school in the heart of colonial Williamsburg, you HAVE to have peanut soup -- EVERY restaurant has peanut soup on their menus .... 
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We're headed on a Colonial/Revolutionary vacation in November....Williamsburg, Philadelphia and Plymouth and Boston, with a few stops at friends in between. I guess we'll have to have peanut soup!
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I am planning a big pioneer unit for my girls in January, I think I would like to try something like this! Thank you so much for sharing!! You have some great ideas!
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Just remember, it tastes a bit like warm peanut butter with chicken brother overtones ... 
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Okay...so maybe we won't have peanut soup....
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Well, we didn't have the peanut soup!! However, today was our big day and we had a blast....all wore their aprons and coifs, and we made poppets, wrote with quill pens, played indoor marbles, and enjoyed various other activities throughout the day. Our only "blunder" was in our butter making. Is there a difference between "plain" cream and "whipping" cream? We used the latter, and our end result seemed to resemble whipped cream more than butter. (Although one girl swore hers tasted like soft salted butter, so who knows?) I'll have some photos and directions for certain things posted on my blog along with a longer update later this week, in case some of you are looking to try some of these activities in your own planning.
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dizzylaurel wrote:
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This will be so cool, Laurel.
I look forward to seeing your post.
My homeschool so needs this right now.
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Yes, Laurel - it sounds like it was loads of fun - my kind of history study.
As far as the butter goes, whipping cream is fine to use. What method did you use - the jar method? I think it just wasn't done enough. It goes through a "whipped cream" stage first and it can seem like an awfully long time before it makes the transformation to butter depending on factors like temperature, vigorousness of shaking/whipping, etc.
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Thanks, Mary! We pulled out our two jars and kept going, and yes, we DID end up with whipped butter!! I send an email off to the others that came to let them know!
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