A Good Brother Moment

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Summing Up Our Project

I was inspired to do a project like this thanks to Lynn's Prairie Tuesdays at amothersjournal.


We played Scrabble, which later I learned was not out until the 1940s. We should have played Monopoly or Checkers.

We listened to the Little Orphan Annie radio show. It would take some getting used to.

My plans were pretty unrealistic. I know that one day could never allow us to truly experience life in another time period. There was so much I wanted to do. I had visions of something as realistic as the documentary, 1900 House (PBS). Of course, they had professionals. I don't know what I will want to do once I finish watching Frontier House & 1940s House -- Ha!


***I would give the above shows at least a PG rating.

After reading and hearing about the Great Depression, I would like to come up with some kind of service project if we do this again. Also, we didn't really do without, unless you count electronics.

I had a hard time coming up with chores for boys (sigh).

I do realize that this doesn't seem too far from the normal routine for a lot of homeschool families that I visit in blogland.

I did cheat and run the air!

Everyone was a good sport! Dressing up was fun!

As soon as I said time was up, I found this near the back door--

I guess he was done!

Some of our copywork from the past few days came from different read alouds-

If you made it through all this, thank you and don't forget to drink your Ovaltine!




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Pictures!

Please excuse the many pictures, I did end up using this as a photo op too! :) We haven't had many group pictures lately!

Baseball

Boys are in the field.

A Sewing Lesson

Homemade Puzzle

Snap Beans and Corn

1930s Inspiration

We watched a few youtube videos of people talking about life during the Great Depression.

I also read some from Reminisce Magazine's book, We Made Our Own Fun. I read some stories about trips to the swimming hole, making dandelion chains, decorating bikes for the Fourth of July parade, Dogwood seed popguns, worm hospitals, Morning Glory bloom paints, and more! Maybe something will catch on. They knew what I was trying to do.

Kit Kittredge inspired us to start a newspaper, The Superstar. Everyone was in a rush to get a "scoop." It was a lot of fun!

Laundry by Washboard and on the Line

Please excuse our not so 30s style clothes on the line!

30s Style Fun

Marbles, Jumping Rope

Breakfast

no cereal today, lots of dishes to wash!

Hauling Water for the Laundry

A Different Start to the Day - "Gathering Eggs"