Colonial children were expected to help with the farm and household chores. Children as young as 2 helped doing things like feeding the chickens. Older children helped their mom if they were girls and helped their father if they were boys. The life of a colonial farm was tough. They made or grew everything they needed. It would take three days to wash clothing, they had to spin wool , churn butter, make and sew clothing, feed and milk the cows, feed to chickens and collect eggs, collect water, chop wood. Often the older boys were hired out to other nearby farms and the father's collected their pay until they turned 21. Many children were also expected to attend school and study/read The Bible at home. They led very busy and full lives.
Farmers
They were required to help the family with the farm and animals. Children as young as 2 had the responsibility of collecting eggs and feeding the chickens. By the time a child was 7 or 8 years old they were expected to work with their father or mother. Boys would help take care of the cattle and crops and girls were to help in the house with making butter, candles, soap, cook and clean. The children were also expected to have time to learn to read or write and attend to bible lessons daily.
they was a lot of slaves because there was a lot a big farms
farms definitely
o help withe the crops and all the work in the farm.
Most worked, did chores, helped with the animals.
Their life-style could be compared to a child's who is living on a farm today. In short it was hard manual work, like feeding the horses, or milking cows.
Life on a colonial farm was difficult. They did not have the technology and tools that farmers have today. It was a lot of work. Men, women, and even the children had to help out on the farms.
They played with balls, rattles and dolls. They love dogs. They like other animals such as ducks, birds and mice. They also went to the bathroom in a bucket in colonial times. Too much info but is true. children were poor like Abraham Lincoln. He was born in a log cabin. By Alexis Shay (Lexie)
Wives and children.
They had as much work as apprentices in cities or towns. Most were boys.Children were given jobs like gathering wood for fires, serving food, andhelping in the garden.When they were older, the boy's hunted, chopped firewood, and helpedtheir fathers work in the field.
Their life-style could be compared to a child's who is living on a farm today. In short it was hard manual work, like feeding the horses, or milking cows.
Colonial children were expected to help with the farm and household chores. Children as young as 2 helped doing things like feeding the chickens. Older children helped their mom if they were girls and helped their father if they were boys. The life of a colonial farm was tough. They made or grew everything they needed. It would take three days to wash clothing, they had to spin wool , churn butter, make and sew clothing, feed and milk the cows, feed to chickens and collect eggs, collect water, chop wood. Often the older boys were hired out to other nearby farms and the father's collected their pay until they turned 21. Many children were also expected to attend school and study/read The Bible at home. They led very busy and full lives.
Farmers
not really.
They lived on farms
they gave up there homes farms and children