Every year the fourth graders get to participate in a program called Wagons Ho to wrap up their whole year of studying Idaho history. There is a group that travels around to different schools to present the program. The day our school was scheduled for this, it stormed like crazy and they cancelled. It was disappointing, since we'd heard how neat it was. Then we got word that the fabulous fourth grade team of teachers from our school had decided that our kids couldn't miss this experience, and they were going to create their own Wagons Ho. We held a little parent meeting so they could organize parent volunteers and donations. The teachers worked SOOO hard and created an amazing experience for the kids. I was in charge of traveling around with a small group of kids to each station. Makenna absolutely loved it. What a fun day!
Kenna was kindly holding down the icecream maker while her friend cranked the handle.
Mixing up biscuits... The kids actually made their own delicious dutch oven stew and biscuits. Yummy!
Branding a piece of cardboard
Using real leather tools to stamp and decorate a piece of leather
Scrubbing laundry on a washboard (what a cute little pioneer!)
Wringing it out afterward
Gettin' down pioneer style
Roping the wind
Makenna was a very good sport when she was given this tiny little guy as a partner for the sack race
The day ended with a tug-o-war and several casualties and tears. We decided that kids today aren't as tough as they used to be.
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