Winter Days in the Big Woods: Adapted from the Little House Books by Laura Ingalls Wilder (My First Little House Picture Books)

Winter Days in the Big Woods, is a story by Laura Ingalls Wilder. In this story she tells about her days as a little girl in the cabin in the Wisconsin woods. She recalls the family prepared for the winter days ahead of them. Life in the big woods was full of chores, but this close-knit family

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found time to play.

This story reminds me of the times I watched Little House on the Prairie when I was a little girl. I like this story because of the strong family bond it portrays. You will get a warm feeling inside as you read. This is a well written story accompanied by peaceful illustrations.

I would read this story to my class and then have them find Wisconsin on a map of the United States. Have students to discuss the climate of Wisconsin and compare it to where you live. I would ask students to describe to way of life of the Ingalls family. Ask students to tell you how things are done differently today.

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This is a story of a family who lives in the woods of Wisconsin. The mother and children bake bread, churn butter, and pick vegetables from the garden while Pa is out cutting wood. Wen Pa gets home he plays the fiddle and the children gather around to watch and listen.
I like this book, although it

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is very basic. It described what it was like to like back in the "olden days" as my kids call it. The illustrations are very soft, but detailed, and gave a clear picture of what life was like in pioneer days.

As a classroom activity I would have youg children draw a picture of what they think their house would have looked like back then. For older children I would have them write an essay describing how like back then differs form their life today.

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Summary: The life of a little girl's family in the days when America first began. The book shows the way of life and what they had to do for work and fun.

Personal Reaction: Teaches the kids they can have fun without technology.

Classroom Extension:
1. Listen to old fiddle songs online with the

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students.
2. Have a "back in time" day with the kids where class dresses up in old clothes. They can churn butter, cake, wash clothes,chop wood, and learn to sow like they did in the old days.

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Ma, pa, Mary Laura and baby Carrie lived in a small log cabin. It was almost winter so they had to go get ready Pa hunted and the girls picked the garden. Mary and Laura loved to help Ma cook, clean, and other chores. When Pa would come home they would sing and hear stories and they loved that

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too.

I really liked this book alot because I live in a modern age, but my family of 6 children do still have an enormous garden and we can relate.

In the classroom i would use this book to introduce a winter unit, and I could use it also to introduce a section on what families used to live like.

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A little pioneer girl and her family spend the winter in their log cabin in the Big Woods of Wisconsin.

This is a relatively good example of historical fiction. The characters are definitely believable and true to history. They do chores in the same manner that one would of the time. They do them every day and rest on Sundays. The make bread, hunt, and church butter. They live their lifestyle the way

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pioneers would have. There is no question in their activity. There are no surprise elements or anything that does not fit history. The only problem with this book is that it does not give a specific time. While I can tell what year it is supposed to be by the pictures, the story only says "once upon a time" and does not get more specific.

The story is an episodic plot. Many different activities occur in the story. For example, the family collects vegetables, churns butter, plays pretend, makes dolls, sings songs, and prepares for winter but no conflict or anything occurs. The story just tells about this family and progresses no further than that. There is no conflict, climax, or need for resolution

Media: Colored pencil

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This book is about the daily life of a family living during the colonial period. It demonstrates a loving family that cares for each other.

A great story about what life was during the pioneer days and especially winter. I like the part where it describes the fun things Laura and Mary got to do during the winter and would love to set up activity stations for students based on these ideas.

This entry in the "Little House" series shows Laura and her family preparing for winter. The book describes the family member’s chores such as hunting and gathering vegetables from the garden. After the chores, pa plays the fiddle and Laura and her sisters wait for the first snow.
As a fan of the

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Little House television show, I really enjoyed this book. I have always admired the closeness of the Ingalls family so I was not surprised that this book was just as heartwarming. The soft illustrations compliments placid pace of the book.
Younger students could draw a picture of their favorite winter pastime and share with the class. As a class activity, I would show the children how to make homemade butter using a baby food jar. By doing this, students will experience one of Mary Ingalls’s pastimes: churning butter.

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Summery:
Laura Ingalls Wilder describes a snowy day in the big woods, and all the daily activities her family shares, like turning butter, and helping build their log cabin.

Personal Reflection:
I grew up reading the Little House On The Prairie books, so I really enjoyed this little read! I loved

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the descriptions and the great illustrations!

Classroom Extension:
Have the students write a short story about they'd do if they were to time travel to the time frame in the book
research as a class how to churn butter
Have the students draw out what their families cabin would look like

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Winter Days in the Big Woods is a picture book version of the Little House series by Laura Ingalls Wilder. This book has the same characters, Laura, Pa, Ma, Mary, and Carrie and is set in the winter in Wisconsin.

I didn’t enjoy this book like the original versions but for children to be introduced

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to the Little House books I think it is great. It just doesn’t include all the details like the longer stories but it does have nice illustrations.

This would be a good book to use to introduce students to the Little House Series. It would also be a good selection when talking about the early American Pioneers.

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Summary:
Winter Days in the Big Woods is about a family who lives in a little house made of logs. Before Winter, the father would go out hunting every day so that they would have plenty of meat during the winter. The women of the family would gather potatoes, carrots, beets, turnips, cabbage,

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onions, peppers and pumpkins from their garden. When winter came, they have plenty of food. Each day had its own proper work that the women would do. After the long days, their father would come home and either tell them stories, or play his fiddle.

Personal Reaction:
This book made me think about how things used to be. The women had their chores, while the men had theirs.

Classroom Extension Ideas:
1. In my classroom, I could use this book to teach my class about "the old days."
2. In my classroom, I could use this book to teach my class about responsibility.

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Summary: Winter Days in the Woods is based in the late 1800's in Wisconsin. It follows a little girl named Laura, who does activities in the winter with her family in the woods. They enjoy playing house by using pumpkins as chairs. They also do the chores, bake, make paper dolls, and play music and

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sing.

Personal Reaction: This story actually could have happened in the past. It's a warm story that touches my heart because it's all about family and surviving the winter with them. I also enjoyed the story because it was very positive.

Classroom Extensions: 1. A great way to get the students interested in this time frame is to set up stations that include some of the duties Laura and her family did.
2. Another great exercise the class could do is create their own chore list that they think they would have to do during this period.

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Winter Days in the Big Woods is a story of Laura Ingalls, and how her winter days were spent on their Wisconsin farm in the late 1800s.

This book is a simple, easy to read story that offers great insight into the daily life of the time period. The vivid pictures offer lots of conversation starters

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for students who may not be familiar with such period items.

Classroom Extensions:
1. Churn homemade butter and make bread in the crock pot to show students how it "used to be done".
2. Visit a Pioneer Days exhibit or museum to offer kids a better look at life in the earlier days of American History.

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Summary: The setting of this story takes place during a past time period before there was a big technological growth that had swept through the country. The story is about a little girl named Laura that lives in the woods of Wisconsin in a cabin. The family had to get ready for the upcoming brutal

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weather that the winter generally brings. When the winter came upon them the family spent their time doing fun indoor activities.

Personal Reaction: This was an okay story to read, and I think that children would like it. It teaches children that even if they can't change what is happening, they can make do with what they have.

Classroom Extensions: 1) I would call on each child to share with the class what they do with their family on cold winter days. 2) I would read this book to the children in the winter and help them come up with fun games they can play to get through the winter.

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This children’s book adaptation of Laura Ingalls Wilder’s childhood biography is just as great as the longer chapter books. Sharing her story in picture book format will allow younger readers to grow familiar with the Ingalls family and their life in the log cabin. I like this book because

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Ingalls Wilder cleverly introduces her family and shares facts about her daily life in this children’s autobiography. Ingalls Wilder makes a cabin in the woods seem like a dream getaway vacation with her clever word choice and images of her happy family. This single book may not provide much insight into Laura’s life, but it is part of a series of autobiographical children’s books that follow closely with the details of the longer Little House books. The reader can also use this book to think about what their life would be like if they lived as a pioneer in a log cabin. This could be used to start a great creative writing lesson. These picture books will introduce children to the life of a classic American who’s stories have been shared across the county for many years.

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Summary:
This story is about a little girl named Laura and her family of 6 that live in the woods during the winter time. Before winter had came Laura's pa went hunting everyday so they would have enough meat to eat during the winter time. Laura's mother and sisters would gather all the vegetables,

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wash, clean and bake. As winter came they had plenty of goods things to eat. Then snow came and made pics of snowman and pretty patterns. After all their work is done there mother made paper dolls for them to play with. Then when their father came home they sat next to the fireplace and read stories.

Personal reaction:
This story shows a family that works together and spends lots of time together since it is winter time. This story is really cute and shows young children how families come together and it also is history. It seems to be set back I. The 1800's

Classroom extensions:
1. Have pictures of the chores that am and the girls did. Have students label them which day they do these chores.

2. Do an English assignment with adjectives. In the story these adjectives help understand the story.

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I love these smaller stories!