After the substitute teacher, my mother, arrived, my preschoolers and I promptly ventured out in the brisk fall weather early this morning to attend a Little Explorers’ program at Pocahontas State Park. The programs there usually focus on nature and the environment, but today the focus was on the history of the park.
Civilian Conservation Corps
The park was constructed in the 1930s by the Civilian Conservation Corps which consisted of a group unmarried young men aged 18-25 from families on relief. A portion of the class was spent visiting a museum at the park which housed artifacts, photographs, and personal mementos of this period in the park’s as well as Virginia’s history.
The instructor also led a discussion about types of games children used to play years ago and games children play today. We realized that many of the games of long ago are still popular today such as marbles, jump rope, ball, hula hoop, and hopscotch.
Hula hooping isn't so easy!
After attempting to hula hoop and hopscotch, the little explorers created some toys that children of the 1930s would have made to keep themselves entertained.
The girls made a spoon doll.
- The boys made a ring and stick toy.
It is always a treat to spend some special time with my younger children and a blessing to have my mother, a retired English teacher, at home with my older children tutoring them with their homework, alhamdulillah.
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