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Little House In The Big Woods Adventure: Week by Week Music, Arts, and Crafts Lessons

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Here are our Lesson Plans For Music, Arts & Crafts

On weeks where there are several activities listed just choose a couple that interest you the most to work on.

Tip: If you want to go to a certain week/chapter or subject simply push the ‘ctrl’ and the ‘F’ button down together and a small bar will pop up. Type in the week number or chapter number you want and it will take you to it.

Week 1: Chapters 1 & 2

Crafts:

Laura and Mary were excited to play with the hog’s bladder balloon. You can play with a balloon or blow up a paper bag and tie it off to represent a hog’s bladder balloon.

Art:**

 

  1. Draw a Brindle Bulldog (make sure to add the Brindle coloring.) Google images of Brindle Bulldogs
  2. Draw a picture of Jack Frost by Laura’s description.
  3. Pioneer life coloring page or this one
  4. Yankee Doodle Coloring Page

Music:

 

Week 2: Chapters 3 & 4

Crafts:**

  1. Owl Crafts
  2. Snowy Owl Pinecone Craft
  3. More Owl Crafts
  4. A few more Owl Crafts because they are just so cute!
  5. Paper Gun Craft — Ask for permission first!

 

Art:

 

Music:

 

 

Week 3: Chapters 5, 6, & 7

Crafts:

Art: 

  1. Draw a portrait of your grandma or grandpa
  2. Maple Tree Coloring Page
  3. Do some Leaf Rubbings

Music:

  1. Pop Goes The Weasel p.72 Laura Ingalls Wilder Songbook
  2. Click here for a brief history of the song.

 

Week 4: Chapters 8 & 9

ALEX Toys Craft My Chunky and Funky Scarf

Crafts:

  1. Knitting

Art: 

Music:

Buffalo Gals p. 58 Laura Ingalls Wilder Songbook

Week 5: Chapters 10 & 11

Crafts:**

  1. Pom Pom Bee p. 40 Pioneer Crafts for Kids
  2. Bee Crafts and more bee crafts

Art:

  1. Bee Coloring Page
  2. Wasp Coloring Page

Music:

Week 6: Chapters 12 & 13

Crafts:

  1. Straw Hat
    • Talk about how they used everything when making the hats.

2. My kids insisted on making baskets

Art:

  1. Sumac Coloring Page
  2. Or try to draw it yourself
  3. Corn Coloring Page
  4. Pumpkin Coloring Page
  5. Deer Coloring Page

Music:

  • Auld Lang Syne
  • Click HERE  or HERE for a brief history.

The Original by Stephen Foster (May be offensive to some)

  • This article HERE has more information but may not be appropriate for everyone.

Week 7: Finishing Up

Crafts:**

  1. Choose a previous craft that you haven’t done yet.
  2. Make a Spoon Doll p. 14 Pioneer Crafts for Kids
  3. Make a Pioneer Doll p. 32 Pioneer Crafts for Kids
  4. Make a Log Cabin Photo Frame p. 36 Pioneer Crafts for Kids
  5. Make a Pioneer Life Diorama p. 51 Pioneer Crafts for Kids
  6. Use My Book of Little House Paper Dolls: The Big Woods Collection to reenact and retell the story to someone.
  7. Build a Pretzel Log Cabin
  8. Make a log cabin with Lincoln Logs.

Art:

  1. Choose a previous project that you haven’t done yet.
  2. Draw a picture of your earliest memory and write a story about it.**
  3. Free Choice

Music:

  1. Am I A Soldier of the Cross? p. 138 Laura Ingalls Wilder Songbook

2. The Star Spangled Banner p. 80 Laura Ingalls Wilder Songbook

 

**BE SURE TO SAVE A FEW SAMPLES OF YOUR WORK FOR YOUR  PORTFOLIO!  TAKE PICTURES OF BIG PROJECTS!