As part of our Ky. Junior Historical Society Club meeting on Friday Feb. 12 we made the base of Salt dough maps of Ky. that the children will complete as one of their projects for our Spring Fling Fair. We also made Old Talbott Tavern Corn Fritters. The Tavern has been in operation since the 1700s and said to be the oldest stage coach stop to the west. Several figures from history are purported to have lodged and dined at the tavern including a young Abe Lincoln and his family, George Rogers Clark, Daniel Boone, exiled French King Louis Phillipe and Jesse James. Old Talbott Tavern is located in historic Bardstown on Court Square. Following is their recipe for corn fritters from the cookbook, Dining in Historic Ky. vol. 2, pg.119
2 cups self-rising flour
1/2 tsp. sugar
1 egg
1/4 cup whole kernel corn, drained
milk (we used soy)
oil for frying (we used canola)
powdered sugar
In a bowl mix ingredients, using just enough milk to moisten. Batter should be stiff. Drop by tablespoonfuls into hot oil. Fry to a golden brown. Roll in powdered sugar and serve warm
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Dinosaurs: The Big Picture Field Trip - March 9
Dinosaurs: The Big Picture Field Trip
K.E.E.N has scheduled a field trip to "Dinosaurs: The Big Picture" at the Community Arts Center in Danville, KY. Their web site is http://www.communityartscenter.net/dino for more information.
Date: March 9, 2010
Time: 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Location: Community Arts Center
401 West Main Street, Danville, KY
Cost: $2.50 per person
Please sign up in the database section of our yahoo group site: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Kyeducationalenrichmentnetwork/
A few notes before you arrive:
ART STATIONS
Students will be divided among various interactive arts stations, including sketching, sculpting and writing exercises. Please have children dress appropriately… some activities could be messy!
STUDENT WORK SELECTIONS
At the end of your visit, please take a few minutes to select two pieces of student work from your group (label with name, age, grade, and school). Please leave these at the front desk for possible inclusion in The Danville Advocate-Messenger. Each Sunday, a selection of submitted pieces from the preceding two weeks will be featured. (If you would like your students’ selections returned, please indicate this to the CAC Education Coordinator)
GIFT SHOP
Our gift shop will be stocked with all things dinosaur! Your students may consider bringing some spending money for souvenirs. Many items will be an affordable price range for visiting students.
LESSON PLANS
Please be reminded that lesson plans relating to this exhibit may be downloaded from www.communityartscenter.net/dino. These plans are designed for students in grades K-5 and meet Kentucky Core Content requirements for Arts & Humanities and Science.
If you have any questions, please email Tammy at tvance_emp@msn.com.
We look forward to seeing you!
K.E.E.N has scheduled a field trip to "Dinosaurs: The Big Picture" at the Community Arts Center in Danville, KY. Their web site is http://www.communityartscenter.net/dino for more information.
Date: March 9, 2010
Time: 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Location: Community Arts Center
401 West Main Street, Danville, KY
Cost: $2.50 per person
Please sign up in the database section of our yahoo group site: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Kyeducationalenrichmentnetwork/
A few notes before you arrive:
ART STATIONS
Students will be divided among various interactive arts stations, including sketching, sculpting and writing exercises. Please have children dress appropriately… some activities could be messy!
STUDENT WORK SELECTIONS
At the end of your visit, please take a few minutes to select two pieces of student work from your group (label with name, age, grade, and school). Please leave these at the front desk for possible inclusion in The Danville Advocate-Messenger. Each Sunday, a selection of submitted pieces from the preceding two weeks will be featured. (If you would like your students’ selections returned, please indicate this to the CAC Education Coordinator)
GIFT SHOP
Our gift shop will be stocked with all things dinosaur! Your students may consider bringing some spending money for souvenirs. Many items will be an affordable price range for visiting students.
LESSON PLANS
Please be reminded that lesson plans relating to this exhibit may be downloaded from www.communityartscenter.net/dino. These plans are designed for students in grades K-5 and meet Kentucky Core Content requirements for Arts & Humanities and Science.
If you have any questions, please email Tammy at tvance_emp@msn.com.
We look forward to seeing you!
Farmington Field Trip Feb. 24
K.E.E.N's History Hounds, our Ky. Junior Historical Society club, has scheduled a field trip to Farmington Plantation in Louisville. Everyone is invited!
Date: Feb 24
Time:10:30 a.m
Location: Farmington Plantation, 3033 Bardstown Rd. Louisville, Ky. 40205
Cost: 3.00 per person / 5 and under are free
Please sign up in the database section of our yahoo group site http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Kyeducationalenrichmentnetwork/
or email Tammy at tvance_emp@msn.com or Rachel at nipperrachel@yahoo.com
We are scheduled for the "Daily Life Tour" and each student will make a corn husk doll to take home as well.
You may visit the website for printable teacher packets to use in your home-school prior to our visit.
http://www.historichomes.org/farmington/teacherpack.html
Information about the Daily Life tour from their website:
An hour program that includes the upcoming exhibit: Lincoln and Farmington: An Enduring Friendship and a tour of the museum house and grounds. The focus is on early 19th century life and how it differs from life today. Students will be introduced to fascinating but obsolete artifacts of daily life including chamber pots, bathing tubs, spider skillets, candle-snuffers, slates, quill pens, trundle-beds with shuck mattresses, bed tighteners and sugar cones.
I encourage each of you to visit the website http://www.historichomes.org/farmington/house.html
for more information on this historic location.
Date: Feb 24
Time:10:30 a.m
Location: Farmington Plantation, 3033 Bardstown Rd. Louisville, Ky. 40205
Cost: 3.00 per person / 5 and under are free
Please sign up in the database section of our yahoo group site http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Kyeducationalenrichmentnetwork/
or email Tammy at tvance_emp@msn.com or Rachel at nipperrachel@yahoo.com
We are scheduled for the "Daily Life Tour" and each student will make a corn husk doll to take home as well.
You may visit the website for printable teacher packets to use in your home-school prior to our visit.
http://www.historichomes.org/farmington/teacherpack.html
Information about the Daily Life tour from their website:
An hour program that includes the upcoming exhibit: Lincoln and Farmington: An Enduring Friendship and a tour of the museum house and grounds. The focus is on early 19th century life and how it differs from life today. Students will be introduced to fascinating but obsolete artifacts of daily life including chamber pots, bathing tubs, spider skillets, candle-snuffers, slates, quill pens, trundle-beds with shuck mattresses, bed tighteners and sugar cones.
I encourage each of you to visit the website http://www.historichomes.org/farmington/house.html
for more information on this historic location.
Saturday, February 6, 2010
A Great Start...
Friday was the first day of the
K.E.E.N. spring co-op session.
All the kids...and parents...seemed genuinely happy to see each other again.
This sessions schedule...
Passport to Art (Art & Geography),
Green Science,
Green Science,
Intro to Japan,
History of the Middle Ages Pt.2
History of the Middle Ages Pt.2
and for the PreK-1 crowd...
Storytime Literature,
Hooked on Art, Animal Science
The kids who took History of the Middle Ages last session brought some really cool projects to share...they educated and entertained us with costumes, stories, food, models, and unending wit.
It was a great day!
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