Home on the Range

We spent a few days in March celebrating our western heritage.  We had fun activities such as rope painting with ropes of various sizes, matching letters to spell a few ranch animal names, decorating cowboy boots, making "cowboy stew" in our play kitchen, and playing with a ranch playset.   We had a few children dress in their cowboy/cowgirl duds, too, so we took the opportunity to make a graph on two days of who was wearing boots and who was not. 

Even if families are not originally from this area, the children love learning about these culturally significant themes.  Our culture is steeped in western roots of ranching and farming and livestock.  Learning more about them gives children a sense of place, plus it's fun!