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Pioneer Life

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Use the arrow keys to move between letters. Press Enter or Space on the first letter of a word, then again on the last letter. Press Escape to cancel.

A few of the words

TALLOW
Tallow, rendered animal fat, was the most common candle material on the frontier. A single evening's light might burn through fat carefully saved from weeks of cooking.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
SMOKEHOUSE
Before refrigeration, the smokehouse was essential. Smoking meat with hardwood like hickory could preserve a ham for months through a hard winter.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
CHURN
Churning butter by hand was a long, rhythmic task, often assigned to children. It could take the better part of an hour of steady plunging before the cream finally broke into butter.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
QUILT
Quilting bees were one of the frontier's great social occasions. Neighbors gathered to stitch together fabric scraps into bedcovers warm enough to last a lifetime.Find this word in the grid to read its note.

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Pioneer Life word search, free and large-print, where log cabins, butter churns, and hand-stitched quilts tell the story of the frontier hearth.

About Pioneer Life

Life on the frontier asked everything of the people who chose it, steady hands, early mornings, and a deep knowledge of wood, weather, and soil. A homestead was built board by board: the cabin chinked against winter wind, the root cellar dug before the first frost, the loom set up in whatever corner caught the light. Come evening, a single tallow candle or a smoky lantern held back the dark while families mended, quilted, and planned for the season ahead.

How to play

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    Find a word.Tap its first letter, then tap along to its last. The trail fills in and finishes itself when it spells a word. Or press the first letter and drag.
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    Words run in straight lines.Across and down, and on the harder difficulties diagonally and backwards.
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    It marks itself.Each word you find takes on its own soft colour on the grid and is crossed off the list.
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