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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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A Closer look at Corn
This week with “The Playful Pioneers” Curriculum, we took a closer look at corn…from how it grows to the various ways we eat it. We used “Farm Anatomy” by Julia Rothman for a detailed look at the various parts of the plant and “Food Anatomy” by Julia Rothman for an easy stove top way to make popcorn. I highly recommend investing in this gorgeous limited edition boxed set (includes 10 frame worthy prints!). We reference these books daily and will continue to do so in the years to come. …
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A Closer Look at Sheep
After reading about Almanzo’s day sheep shearing in “Farmer Boy” by Laura Ingalls Wilder ( “The Playful Pioneers” curriculum), we were inspired. We used “Farm Anatomy” by Julia Rothman to learn all about the different parts of a sheep and the various ways in which they are sheared. The girls had a mini-hands-on experience with this with the help of our Playmobil sheep set and a little bit of cotton wool. I simply wrapped the sheep with the wool and they pretended to “shear” it off…we then washed the “wool” and…
