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Little House Science: Greased Paper Windows
Animals and birds are limited to what kind of house or nest they can build. When we discover an animal’s home, we can almost always tell what sort of animal it belongs to. Even with birds, no two kinds will build the same sort of nest. …
White Winter Butter and Golden Summer Butter
By Jane Goodwin
In Laura Ingalls Wilder’s Little House in the Big Woods – incidentally the first in the Little House series – Laura’s Ma churns the cream into butter once a week. Each day had its own work, in addition to the usual…
The Science of Witches’ Yeast for Halloween
By Jane Goodwin
Back in the days before people waltzed into the grocery store to buy packaged bread. . . even before the days when people baked their own bread using store-bought packaged yeast, people could still enjoy a loaf of light, risen…
