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1. Garner Rix and the Royalton Raid - 1780 Garner Rix was just 12 when he moved with his father, pregnant mother, two sisters and three brothers from a farm in Connecticut to a log cabin on the banks of the White River, a place that would one day be called Royalton, Vermont. He helped h...
2. Old Vermont Barn The old barn on our farm in Vermont was built by my Great-great grandfather in about 1870. He learned to build from his father and grandfather in a tradition passed down from the first New England settlers. He took those traditions but he applied new...
3. Bluebird Math The bluebirds are busy building nests, laying eggs and helping young children learn all about math. The basis of all math is discovering and describing pattens found in the natural world. This lens offers dozens of math activities, workjobs and cente...
4. 18th Century Threshing Photo Credit: Threshing with hand flails on Flickr, Creative Commons. This lens is a continuation of the Garner Rix Unit Study Garner Rix and the Royalton Raid. After returning to Royalton, Garner was given a section of land that had been confiscated...
5. Evelyn's Bed and Breakfast Our home in Vermont is a big old Vermont farmhouse and the land that it sits on has been in the family since the town was founded. This historic 1850's Vermont Farmhouse is surrounded by pastures and hundreds of acres of woods, trails and even a wate...
6. Frog Eggs Each year we eagerly await the arrival of spring to listen to the Spring Peeper and anticipate the discovery of frog eggs in the vernal pools. Frogs lay their eggs in pools, ponds, and puddles. As snow melts, low lying areas fill with water and frogs...
7. Making Maple Syrup One of my earliest memories is helping my grandfather to tap trees and then collect the maple sap during sugaring season. When I was little there were huge Maple Trees growing on either side of the road. My grandfather explained that the number of b...
8. Building Bridges Unit Study Garner Rix and his family moved from Connecticut to Vermont in 1780 by oxcart. During his captivity he walked to Montreal and back. What was it like to travel in the 18th Century? There were few roads and even fewer bridges. The bridges over streams...
9. Vermont Lovers Group Headquarters Vermont Lovers Group This group is for lenses all about the beautiful green mountain state of Vermont. Lenses by Flatlanders who love this state are welcome. Although the term flatlanders is a pejorative term used by some native Vermonters, a large...
10. Apple Trees and Apple Blossoms Unit Study When Garner Rix moved with his family to Vermont in 1780 he brought apple seeds with him. He carefully planted those seeds which grew into trees and produced apple blossoms in Springtime and bushels of apples in the fall. It has been 200 years since...