A few weeks ago we all enjoyed a pioneer themed field trip to the
Sheboygan County Historical Museum.
The kids learned a lot and enjoyed themselves.
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| practicing how to make kindling |
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| learning how to make beeswax or tallow candles |
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| running a hand pump |
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| learning how to keep a cast iron stove stoked, cook on cast iron pans, iron clothing, and keep tea water warm |
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| running a spinning wheel |
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| carrying water |
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| a bucket brigade |
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| learning and lighting gas lamps and candle boxes |
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| learning how the pioneers grew, dried, preserved and ground and cook with their own foods |
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| getting a tour of the grand house of an 18th century lawyer |
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| dipping beeswax candles |
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| learning about the grand home |
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| making shaving soap using mugs, brushes, and small amounts of soap and water |
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| learning how to light a flint and stone spark without matches |
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