The Traveling Trunk - Past and Present Unit

Learning about the Past through Family Antiques

 

Feed sacks, plain and colorful, were reused and repurposed.  Some were used to store vegetables or fruit in root cellars or colorful sacks could have been made into kitchen dishcloths, dresser runners, or even clothing.  Kitchen tools could have been made from wood like the masher above and a little metal pail could have been a lunch pail and even used for collecting berries or grapes.

Wooden cutting board with woodburning design on left.  In the middle is a metal bread plate on which a loaf of bread would have been wrapped in a cloth.  The inscription on the plate says "Give Us This Day, Our Daily Bread".  On the right, aluminum plates and candy dishes were popular in the 1930's.  

Quilts were made with material from old clothes, feed sacks, or excess fabric and had many different patterns.  On the rocking chair is a double wedding band design and is a family heirloom.   Women would sometimes have quilting get togethers as well as trade material.  Porcelain enamel bowls, pitchers and tableware were popular in the earlier 1900's.  Before indoor plumbing, pitchers and bowls would have been used to wash off your face in the morning and night. 

Darning Egg Wood Sock Mending Tool on the far left (even socks were mended after getting holes, very little was wasted long ago) and a oil glass night light lamp.  

Embroidery, crochet, and lacework were all sewing methods mothers would teach their daughters.  

Dr. Seuss Day!

March 2, 2013

Buddy reading our favorite Dr. Seuss books!

STEM

Friday we had a very fun and informative visit from Dr. Mimi, Grace's mom.  She is a chiropractor in Walkersville and brought models for the class to explore.  They also learned the importance of and how how to care for their backs.  Students also learned the difference between vertebrates (organisms with backbones) and invertebrates (organisms that have less and simpler systems) by reading along with the books on PebbleGo. 

Even though we know how to care for our teeth, which is important, we never really are taught about how important it is to care for our backbone, the core of our whole body!  Dr. Mimi shared models of how the vertebrate disintegrate or breakdown because of poor posture and also too much sitting (which starts in childhood now from watching too much tv and playing video games for endless hours).  We learned the proper way to breathe so we can be more relaxed and get more oxygen to the brain and body.   Our whole body and systems, like the skeletal, nervous, and muscular systems, all work better and stay healthier longer when we are moving and exercising regularly.  The class was very engaged and really enjoyed learning from a STEM Professional within our community.  

Thanks Dr. Mimi for teaching us Friday morning!!

 You can read about vertebrates and invertebrates again by logging on with our school subscription-- information on the white label inside the red folder.  We also explored the TrueFlix book online about the nervous system. (This was more of a 4-5 grade reading level book)


Watch the clip below to see how even young children can see and appreciate engineering in our world.  Together, SCIENCE, MATH, ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY are all exciting areas that all kids can learn to easily recognize and understand! 

STEM in our classroom!!  

Mrs. Zimmerman is coming back on Tuesday to candle our eggs and see the growth of the embryos inside the egg.

The chicken is a bantam (often called a bantie).  They are miniature chickens and the hens lay much smaller eggs. 

                

Watch the video clip below to watch the embryo development throughout the 21 day incubation period!