![]() ![]() The Nancy Lincoln Inn was built in 1928 and is notable in its own right: like the Bryce Canyon Lodge, it features a series of historic cabins. President Theodore Roosevelt dedicated a corner stone at Sinking Springs in 1909 and tourism was quick to follow. These sites, however, quickly joined the ranks of noted historic sites in the early 20th century. The Lincoln family left Kentucky in December of 1816 for Indiana. The cabin and the surrounding countryside provide glimpses of the things that might have been familiar sights to Lincoln in his years there. While it is in question whether the cabin located at Sinking Springs actually belonged to the Lincolns, Knob Creek has a restored cabin from the family of one of Lincoln’s childhood friends. When Lincoln was just two and a half, his family moved ten miles north to Knob Creek, which Lincoln recalled as the location of his earliest memories. Symbolic Lincoln birthplace cabin at Sinking Springs. Today, a Classical Revival monument stands on the approximate location of the Lincoln family cabin, with Sinking Spring still a stream of water bubbling out of the ground at the base of the monument’s broad stairs. The region features varied topography blanketed in dense foliage and hundreds of natural springs. ![]() In 1809 Lincoln was born, according to local lore, in a cabin on a hill above a spring at Sinking Springs Farm in western Kentucky. On the way back from a recent trip to Kentucky, I made a quick trip to see the two sites where Lincoln spent his Kentucky years: Sinking Springs and Knob Creek. ![]() Illinois may be the “ Land of Lincoln,” and Indiana may be where Lincoln grew from a child to a young adult, but it was in Kentucky that Lincoln spent his earliest years. Our 16th president, Abraham Lincoln, has similarly left behind a trail of historic places and multiple states that claim him for their own. You could add graham cracker squares, gumdrops, pieces of candy and other small food items to embellish your log cabins (our chimney is a piece of caramel).We have a joke in the historic preservation world about “George Washington slept here.” There are an amazing number of houses and hotels that claim this honor. The kids easily jumped right into building their own cabins. You may need to help your child get started until they see how you are building the log cabin! of peanut butter, a handful of pretzels, and a craft stick for a spreading “knife” the other was the base. While we are learning a bit about log cabins what better way than to incorporate it into our snack for the day? I am not against playing with your food if there is something to be learned from it. I set out two paper plates for this snack, one with almost 2 Tbsp. This project is simple and easy for kids to complete mostly on their own, and we were able to use it all week in our play based learning. This made a perfect puppet and fit nicely in our Lincoln Log cabin. ( You can also paint them) then glued on a penny for his head, he was easily finished off with a basic top hat, bow tie, and shirt from scraps of construction paper. We started by coloring our craft stick black with a marker. Day 2 – ArtĪbe Lincoln Puppet– Maybe your child already knows that Abraham Lincoln is on the penny, if not this is a great time to tell them about it. (It is believed that Lincoln Logs were named such in honor of Abraham Lincolns birth in a log cabin) Building is a great for hand eye coordination, fine motor skills,and spacial relations, as well as just developing your child’s imagination and creativity. Use Lincoln logs, craft sticks, or even sticks gathered from around your own yard. Use your computer to look up photos of his log cabin and sit down with your child and create your own. Ask questions like – Do you think life was more difficult then or now? Would you like to have lived at that time? Why?īuild a log cabin- while this specific book doesn’t mention his home, it is pretty well known that our 16 th president Abraham Lincoln was born in a log cabin in Kentucky. Point out some of the differences in little Abraham Lincolns life and life now. Read the book again, ask your child their favorite part, share yours. Pretzels Day 2 – Building Lincoln Logs Activities Peanut butter (or other non-allergen choice like sunflower butter) White and black construction paper scraps Lincoln Logs (or other building materials) (you can even use craft sticks if needed) If you don’t have Lincoln Logs on hand use anything you have similar, it doesn’t need to be perfect so long as they get the idea and understand what humble beginnings he started from. While the kids don’t sit on it all day, in this day and age computer skills are becoming a necessity and I like to incorporate them into lessons when appropriate. For our second day we focused on a facet of Lincoln’s life that was not mentioned in this book, but it made for a great excuse to practice some computer skills- his Log Cabin. ![]()
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