Pioneer Unit 2020 - Good Morning Shelly

July 1, 2020

Pioneer Unit 2020: Day 1

Time for our 3rd annual pioneer unit! We love this unit so much and look forward to it all year. When we did this unit for the first time in 2018 it really changed me and gave me a deep desire to homeschool my kids full time. Each year we have had some over lap...

July 2, 2020

Pioneer Unit 2020: Day 2

For our pioneer unit today, we built the Nauvoo Temple… out of legos. The kids each got a lego temple for Christmas last year that they have been slowly building over the past 6 months. Roxanne’s is the Nauvoo Temple so we decided to finish it up today for our unit since Thomas and Erastus...

July 3, 2020

Pioneer Unit 2020: Day 3

In honor of Cecelia and Susannah, we went on a ship voyage today. I built a ship just like last year. We had fun buying our ship tickets, eating sea biscuits, playing music and dancing on the ship, and learning about the real sea voyages that Cecelia, Susannah, and their families went on in the...

July 10, 2020

Pioneer Unit 2020: Day 4

Today, we went on a train ride. Last week, we completed the first leg of Cecelia’s journey from Bornholm, Denmark to Utah. And today, we next leg of her journey… a train ride from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Iowa City, Iowa. Upon reaching Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, they were met by Elder Angus M. Cannon who made arrangements...

July 13, 2020

Pioneer Unit 2020: Day 5

Today we made cheese! We had never made homemade cheese before so this was pretty fun. And it was super easy. I used this farmer’s cheese recipe. It turned out really well, but next time I think I’ll add less salt than it calls for.

July 16, 2020

Pioneer Unit 2020: Day 6

Today, we carded wool, spun yarn, and died the yarn with marigolds that we grew in our garden. This was really fun! This was my first time every dying something with natural dyes and now I want to experiment more with other plants and flowers. I ordered the sheep wool from Etsy. For our Sweden...

July 20, 2020

Pioneer Unit 2020: Day 7

Cecelia’s family went from ship, to train, to handcart (and it didn’t stop there…) on their journey from Bornholm, Denmark to Utah. So today, we turned our wagon into a handcart and went on a pretend journey from Iowa City, Iowa to Winter Quarters (now named Florence), Nebraska. Here is more of the story...

August 20, 2020

Making Soap like Susannah

One activity that we planned on doing for our Pioneer Unit was to make homemade soap from lye and lard. I borrowed the supplies from my brother who likes to make soap and we finally got around to doing the activity yesterday. We didn’t wear our pioneer clothes though since they were put away in...