Students learn about pioneer life and present-day farming

FALLBROOK – Monserate Christian Academy scholars embarked on a 6-week quest to learn about the life of the pioneers. Amidst learning all about homesteading, "Little House on the Prairie" (the book) and hatching baby chicks in an incubator within their studio, they invited local farmers as special guests to teach about modern day farming.

During this session, they made homemade butter, whipped cream, ice cream, and apothecary boxes with homemade essential oils. With much diligence and excitement, the children also made corn husk dolls, dried fruit, grew mushrooms, made candles, sewed their own...