We began our day with the students lining up, boys on one side and girls on the other, to the morning bell. Then each student made their manners to the teacher and we took roll call. Next, we read from primers, practiced arithmetic on our slates, wrote with quill pens in our copybooks, played multiplication […]

We began our study of Children Long Ago with books, games, and toys that both the Wampanoag and Colonial children played. We played jackstraws, marbles, jacks, goose, and played “toss and catch” games like ring and vine and bilbo catcher. We looked at cornhusk dolls, tried out quill pen writing, and made hornbooks. We learned […]