Today we went back in time to the year 1680. We role-played by dressing like early colonists, and brought foods that children may have eaten during that time. We began our day by making our manners. Then we read from primers, wrote with quill pens, played sentence relay, alphabet geography, and arithmetic relay. We had lunch in the courtyard and played marbles, hopscotch, graces, and tag. At the end of the day, we even had an old fashioned spelling bee!
Talk to your child about what they liked about that time period and what would be difficult or challenging for them. Here are some pictures to give you a snapshot of our day.