Meet Samantha

Samantha Parkington is a bright, compassionate girl living with her wealthy grandmother in 1904. It's an exciting time of change in America, and Samantha's world is filled with frills and finery, parties and play. But Samantha sees that times are not good for everybody. That's why she tries to make a difference in the life of her friend Nellie, a servant girl whose life is nothing like Samantha's!

Day One
Gave each girl a large hair bow-purple
Started with History Lesson while girls cut out paperdolls
Made a decopage frame.
Decorated Gingerbread men for snack time
Made silhouette pictures of all the girl's head (just traced, cut out and added to their lapbooks)
Played the Va Vios game--Living Pictures

Day Two
Dressed girls in big white bows and white pinafores
Added a heart shape locket(as in book, movie had a locket necklace) and black gaiters w/black socks (to look like boots)
Worked on lapbooks and history
Played games: Whisper, Tea Table, and Taboo
Had a tea party lunch
Watched the Samantha movie

Used lapbook templates from www.homeschoolshare.com
Used books:
Meet Samantha
Samantha Learns a Lesson
Samantha's World