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THE HOMEPLACE
PRE-TRIP & POST-TRIP ACTIVITIES

ALL AGES:
PROGRAM: A WALK THROUGH TIME
Activities:
  Farmer Boy -- Laura Ingalls Wilder. Chapter Five: Birthday
    (Includes Vocabulary Worksheet)
  Farmer Boy -- Laura Ingalls Wilder. Chapter Eleven: Springtime
    (Includes Vocabulary Worksheet)
  Farmer Boy -- Laura Ingalls Wilder. Chapter Fifteen: Cold Snap
    (Includes Vocabulary Worksheet)
  Farmer Boy -- Laura Ingalls Wilder. Chapter Twenty-two: Fall of the Year
    (Includes Vocabulary Worksheet)
  Cornbread Fractions

GRADES K - 2 PROGRAMS:
PROGRAM: ARE THEY PETS?
Activity: Old MacDonald Had A Farm

PROGRAM: CHILDREN'S CHORES
Activity: Matching Chores

PROGRAM: TOYS AND GAMES
Activities:
  Farmer Boy -- Laura Ingalls Wilder. Chapter Fifteen: Cold Snap
    (Includes Vocabulary Worksheet)
  Parlor Games
  The Thaumatrope

GRADES 3 - 6 PROGRAMS:
PROGRAM: SPINNING WOOL
Activities:
  Farmer Boy -- Laura Ingalls Wilder. Chapter Fourteen: Sheep-Shearing
    (Includes Vocabulary Worksheet)
  Properties of Wool
  Artwork Weaving

PROGRAM: WATER WORKS
Activities:
  Water Meter
  Raining Cats and Dogs

PROGRAM: WORKING WITH WOOD
Activities:
  Farmer Boy -- Laura Ingalls Wilder. Chapter Twenty-seven: Wood-hauling
    (Includes Vocabulary Worksheet)
  Build A Tree

PROGRAM: A WALK WITH THE ANIMALS: ENDANGERED ANIMALS?
Activities:
  Man Gave Names To All The Animals
  Favorite Animal Writing Exercise
  Favorite Animal Survey
  Punnett Squares

GRADES 7 - 12 PROGRAMS, ADULTS:
PROGRAM: HORSE AND OX POWER
Activities:
  Farmer Boy -- Laura Ingalls Wilder. Chapter Nine: Breaking the Calves
    (Includes Vocabulary Worksheet)
  Story Problems