A Child's Day

Bobbie Kalmans acclaimed Historic Communities Series provides a closeup viewof how people lived more than two hundred years ago. Colorful photos manytaken by Bo... » 

Bobbie Kalmans acclaimed Historic Communities Series provides a closeup viewof how people lived more than two hundred years ago. Colorful photos manytaken by Bobbie Kalman herself at restored historic villages across thecountry help support the fascinating information. Children will have funlearning about early homes and the settler community what people wore and the crafts they made how settlers made their living how they spent their leisure time the values customs and traditions of the early settlersJohn and his sister Emily live with their family in an early settler community.After rising at sunup to do their chores on the farm and in the householdJohn and Emilys day begins with a long walk to the oneroom school.A Childs Day also describes reading and ciphering making their manners settler childrens books toys and games the different expectations boys and girls had for their future «