Butter churning...
Tilford 4th graders learned to dip candles Tuesday.
Marbles...
Feather pen writing lessons...
Quilting...
Cros stitch and stencil art projects.
Churning butter....
Julie Clingman shares the history of butter making.
4th graders learned to make candles Tuesday.
Cross stitch lessons...
Steve Arnold teaches 4th graders about Colonial farming.
Making ornaments with nails was part of the Colonial Day for Tilford 4th grade students.
Students made quilts during Colonial Day.
Learning the challenges and the stains of quill pen writing was part of Colonial Day.
4th graders experienced the ink stains of learning to write as the Colonial Americans did.
Homemade butter tastes very good.
Candles can be tough to make
And that ink sure makes a mess on your fingers.
These and other lessons were among the things that Tilford Elementary 4th grade students learned on Tuesday during the Colonial Day.
The students made small paper and cloth quilts, churned butter, dipped strings in wax to make candles and participated in a variety of other activites that would have been common more than 200 years ago.
Steve Arnold, a retired elementary teacher, taught a lesson on early farming, including a discussion of how early Americans dressed in long sleeves even during the hot summer months. Students also made stencil and cross-stitch art projects and played a variety of old-fashioned games including marbles.
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