Kaylin and Jasmine are learning about the Group of Seven this term and later in the term they will be learning about Canada. What better way to combine these units than to take trip to Ontario’s North to see the Canadian Shield , Lake Superior and the beautiful fall colours so evident in those Canadian paintings.
Chatting with Ken Whiteley, who kindly signed the girls’ journals.
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Jasmine and Kaylin working hard at the watercolour workshop.
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Watercolour artist Linda Szabo is giving a lesson on colour blending.
Kaylin and Jasmine enjoy the turbulent water at Chippewa Falls.
On Tuesday, November 2 we went to Blackcreek Pioneer Village. In this photo Kaylin and Jasmine at in front of an old wagon which travelled in country so the owner could sell something he called medicine.
We loved watching the tinsmith make a beautiful lantern. Mrs. Pulpan bought one to give as a Christmas gift!
Kaylin and Jasmine used carders and learned how wool was processed.
A woman dressed as a pioneer showed the different kinds of eggs from different fowl.
Would you want to use the oldest outhouse in the country? We decided we would NOT.
The girls hiding behind a split rail fence.
At the print shop the printer explained where the terms "upper and lower case letters" came from. The letters were kept in these cases. You guessed it. The upper case held capital letters and the lower case held the small letters.
It was a beautiful sunny day and just for fun Kaylin and Jasmine posed with a scarecrow.
