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All educational programs cost $135 each. This includes a 1 ½ hour program and all materials used for the hands-on project |
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PIONEER HOMES AND SCHOOLS Early homes and schools of Arizona will be included in the telling of a true story of a family that came to Arizona in a covered wagon. A small covered wagon filled with miniatures shows what would have been in wagons over a 100 years ago. The wagon will be fun to view as students take turns cranking the ice cream freezer holding the ingredients they measured. The reward will be eating a cone that holds the delicious ice cream they helped to make. 4th Grade & up
INDOOR MARBLE GAMES The story of marbles will be told beginning with those found in the tombs of Egyptian Pharaohs and at the early forts of Arizona. Students will be shown a collection of marbles some of which date back 100 years. Then they will be placed in groups. Each group will rotate between centers to play some selected old time marble games with such names as Chinese Checkers, Big Ring, Persian, Knuckle Box, Shoot the Shoe Box, Connecticut Version, Corona, Boxies, Dicies and Big Ring. The finale is each student rolling and making a “merriddile” (clay marble) out of Arizona clay like in the old days. 4th Grade & up
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Copyright by Southwest Learning Sources, Inc., 2007 |
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SLS HOME Programs Learning Kits To Reserve Teacher & Student Feedback |
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PIONEER TOYS AND GAMES The demonstration of turn of the century toys and games will keep the students mesmerized. They will learn how to play selected pioneer games of Arizona. Some of the games they may enjoy playing are graces, hoop rolling, battledores, nine pins, jack stones, jack straws and marbles to mention a few. In culmination, the students will learn to make string figures with a loop of string that they keep to learn more figures from each other. The other choice is to make a buzz toy by placing a button on a string and then twirling it to hear its buzzing sound. K & up
COWBOY RIDING, ROPING & BRANDING Horse bits and horse shoes will tell about the cowboy’s riding ability. Rope samples of horsehair, sisal and modern day nylon will introduce the skill of roping. Before trying to rope a mock steer, learning about stamp irons and how to read the brand alphabet will be the challenge. The best fun will be in the creation of a personalized brand and then sponge stamping it on a ranch sign. Yippee Yi Yah! K – 2nd Grade