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Konnichiwa! This is our class homepage. Here, we will post pictures and stories from our days here in South Dakota. Please let your families know about this page so they can share in our travels and experiences throughout these next two weeks. Your teachers and your host families are here to help you, so please let us know if you need anything at all. Enjoy!

Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Little House on the Prairie

We started out the day with a birthday celebration!  Kumiko turned 20 on Aug. 14th, and Natsumi will turn 19 on Aug. 19th, so, of course, we had to have a party!







We spend the morning learning about frontier and pioneer history, and then we got on the road and traveled to De Smet, South Dakota to visit the homestead of the family of Laura Ingalls Wilder, a very famous author worldwide.  Laura wrote the books series, Little House on the Prairie, which is about her family's experiences homesteading in South Dakota.

The students really enjoyed seeing and petting the farm animals, driving horses, making pioneer toys, going to a one-room schoolhouse, and running around the prairie.  :)

Here the whole gang on the tall lookout point:


Keiko and Kyoko enjoying the merry-go-round:


Traveling in a covered wagon:

In front of a claim shanty:

Maki pumping water from the deep well:


Learning how to make button spinners from the tour guide:


Keiko washing clothes the old-fashioned way!

Maki and Miho driving a horse cart:


Riding out to the one-room schoolhouse:


Having fun during the lesson at the schoolhouse:


On the way back:


4 comments:

  1. I LOVE the pictures from our day at the Laura Ingalls Wilder Homestead in De Smet. All your bright and happy faces make me smile. Thank you for the good memories of our day trip, Melinda.

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  2. happy biethday!Kumiko&Nathumi!


    I very fun De smet!
    happy!!!!!!!


    miho

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  3. Thank you for our birthday party.
    In Japan,to turn 20 is a big event!! So, I was very happy to be 20years old and be celebrated with you.
    This summer is my precious.

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