How about General Store? Which would be where he purchased most of his
supplies.
Jessica Dawkins wrote:
> What about G for Garrison? Might be a nice big word for
> kindergarteners to learn!
> That is, if there were any in his area at that time...
>
> On 1/22/10 9:53 AM, "Anne M. Nagrant" <[log in to unmask]> 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.
>
>
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