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News: Windsong students experience Colonial life
posted: April 20, 2009

Windsong Intermediate's fourth graders were treated to a journey through Colonial Texas recently.

The Texian Time Machine is a program that shows the children the lifestyles of Austin's Colony through costumed interpretations, hands-on activities, dramatic presentations and musical performances. 

Students visited six different stations where they learned about the life of a blacksmith as well as musical instruments and styles. In addition, each child was able to create their own document on a printing press. 

The students saw artifacts that were used for daily living and weapons that would have been used for hunting and in self-defense. 

They also learned that in Colonial times, clothing was not as easy to come by as today.  The students learned that it would have been their job to pick cotton and comb it so that their mother could spin it into clothing for them to wear.  Each child was given the chance to comb a piece of cotton so that they could experience just a touch of Colonial life.