Do you have Lululemon?
What do you mean we have to make our own bread?
On Thursday, the boys and girls learned about "push" and "pull" factors that brought people to Canada around 1850. In addition to reviewing what we already learned about life a kid during that period, students also learned about how little people arrived WITH! Imagine living in a sod house because that's the best you could afford at the time!
We had lots of fun watching a great video (shot here in Ontario!) about life as a pioneer kid! The video is called "Pioneer Life in Canada" and it was a really fun way to revisit the topics we've covered this year and add some new learning to our schema! The character in the film goes back in time and experiences life as a pioneer child.
While preparing this blog post, I found a great little booklet that parents may want to view/print out to help reinforce and explore further some of the information students have learned this term. You can find it here. It was created by the City of Vaughn, but many of the activities are still very suitable for any Ontario child studying early settlers.
