A couple of years ago I started a homeschool book club for my son and some of his friends. One of the books they read was Where the Red Fern Grows. Here are some of the things we did while studying it, fun little lesson extensions.
We made butter and cornbread, just like Billy's mom would have. I actually have a butterchurn (thanks to my antique collecting dad!). You can just shake the cream in a jar though if you don't have a churn. The kids really enjoyed this. They also made the cornbread from scratch, all by themselves.
They watched the movie and as a treat I gave them strawberry soda, just like Billy had in the book. It was a big treat for Billy and for some of the kids too! None of them are really allowed to overindulge in soda, some had never even had strawberry soda before!
They also did individual reports on various topics from the book: mountain lions, coonhounds, the Ozarks, Sycamore trees, raccoons, etc. This was a good cross curriculum activity as it included science and nature and geography too.
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