Dear Parents,

Happy Thursday! Just a quick blog to give you some pictures from our field trip today. Thank you to all that were able to join us!  A good time was had by all…we even had great weather!


We started outside of the log, one-room schoolhouse and we had to provide our own heat! 

 The firsties had to get the wood that was used to heat the schoolhouse.  They lined up; girls in one line and the boys in the other line.  Girls went first, which was very gentlemanly!  We went back in time to December 5^th, 1870. 

Then the kiddos sat the “desks” and had a quick Science lesson.  They also go to write on slates with slate pencils, which they saw was very neat. 

Then the kiddos put on a little “play” (ask your firstie what part he or she played) 

and they got to make a sashay.  Each student got to create their own sashay and pick out their own herbs.  Such smelly fun!  

We then bundled back up and went to the log cabin to see how people back in the 1870s got ready for Christmas. 

Can you see everyone through the trees?

Firsties were again given chores...ask your firstie which one was their favorite.  

"Polishing the bells"

"Pounding the spices..." "Miss Gallagher it smells so good!"

Adding cloves to apples to make an all-natural air freshener

Rolling out "cookies"

"Ironing"

Adding "decorations" to the cabin.

Then we all settled down to listen to a story and enjoy a cookie. 


At the end of our time in the log cabin, we took a quick trip to see the “one horse open sleigh”, singing all the way there! 

All in all, it was a great trip!

Please make sure that your firstie is prepared for our memory and spelling tests tomorrow. 

Have a wonderful evening!

Miss Gallagher