How about a gunnysack?
Carolyn Payne
On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 9:53 AM, Anne M. Nagrant wrote:
> We have a A-Z program for kindergarten, centered around an early
> pioneer, Solomon Caswell (1796-1880), who came to Michigan in the
> 1820s.
> For every letter of the alphabet, we show a different artifact (or
> repro) to teach the children about his daily life. He was a farmer and
> cobbler. We hold the program in his 1832 house, decorated to 1860s, in
> an open room that just has a step-stove and a corner dishes cabinet.
>
> Currently, we use fur for "F" (hunting), and a goosefeather for "G"
> (writing). We've found that kids expect a feather to be another "F".
> We're looking for a replacement "G" word.
>
>
> "Gun" was mentioned, but we have some reservations about using guns
> with
> that age. (We do show and talk about a gun during our log cabin 1st
> grade program.)
>
>
> Does anybody have any other "G" suggestions? Feel free to email me off
> list.
>
>
>
> Anne Nagrant, Public Programs
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