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Thursday, July 31, 2014
Thursday, July 25, 2013
Living like Felicty...
Living a spirited independent life in Colonial America...
Felicity and other girls and women of her time took the time to prepare and cook homemade foods. Today we prepared homemade applesauce. In the morning we prepped it and put it in the slowcooker. Instead of instant gratification we had to wait many hours for our treat!!
When girls weren't prepping, they were finishing up projects and enjoying their dolls and friends....
Miss Carolina is VERY good at braiding hair. The hair of little girls AND little dolls.
Have you ever tried writing with a quill pen? I don't think Felicity's was hot pink or peacock blue, but we had fun trying to write and draw with the tip of a feather.
Felicity wasn't as lucky as we are to have running water and a hot bath or shower every day. In colonial days ladies carried tussie-mussies to repel offensive odors.
Felicity's Ball and Cup Game is a bit more colorful when made from vibrant duct tape!!
Felicity thought a girl should know more than how to prepare the perfect tea. We agree, but making tea cups from clay is still very fun!
Choo-Choo!
These American Girls have someplace to go!!!!!!
And finally..........................
The applesauce!!!!
Wednesday, July 24, 2013
Kaya and Felicity have something in common....HORSES!!
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| Madison sported a Nez Perce hairstyle today! |
FRIENDSHIP AND COMMUNITY!!
Kaya and Felicity lived on different sides of the country and at similar but not exactly the same time period. They did have several things in common, however. One that the girls realized immediately....Horses! Kaya had her beloved horse Steps High and Felicity rescued and tamed Penny.
We began the day reading a story of friendship between two girls. One who's family resembled Kaya's and one who's family would have more closely resembled Felicity's. What a great story! Several girls spoke up in response to the fact that American Soldiers were demanding that the Nez Perce tribe were moved off their land. Kylie had a fantastic comment:
"But they live from nature. They just can't move all the nature they need and live from to the one place where they are telling them to live. It isn't fair. They won't have what they need." How insightful!
We set off for an early snack which all the American Girl Dolls also tend to enjoy.
We have been speaking a lot about how the Nez Perce were focused on community and kindness. Some of their core beliefs included:
- all people should help make decisions
- share resources including lodging – families shared homes and owning property was not common
-lying
was a sin and insult- no bad/negative words existed in their language
- they are known as most
peaceful Pacific NW tribe – honest and gentle
Such a life means a lot of cooperation and communication so we engaged in a team building challenge....The Human Knot!!!! Get in a circle, grab two friends hands that are not your neighbors and without letting go, untangle yourselves!!! We had two groups. One was successful and loved it so much they started again!!
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They actually ended up in two circles!!!!!!Next, another community building activity. Safety time....Fire Drill!! 
Even our dolls lined up!
Today we were able to go in the sprinkler!!!!
Thursday and Friday will be pool days for us.
     After lunch we reviewed the importance of Salmon to the Nez Perce. We discussed the methods of fishing for the salmon and how the Nez Perce would prepare the fish. We tried smokes salmon! Yum! |
No pictures of that fabulousness because I was hard at work in the art room helping girls make pool noodle hobby horses:
Evie is riding her noodle down to the artroom
Our first completed horse!
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| Teamwork needed!!! |
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| We love our horses |
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| A full mane means this is definitely not a foal |
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| Hard at work |
Kylie riding her pony "into the sunset"
More ponies will be coming home tomorrow!!!
As always, we ended the day with.......
ice cream
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