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Teaching a little one about our 50 states (for fun). She picked Wisconsin as next weeks state to study.
She is getting better- when I use to ask what state she wanted to learn about she would say "Mexico" or some other country. But, we just got a map and I explained that whole situation.
While prepping for next weeks lesson I found some interesting facts about that state.
Thought you might like to get the brain away from Lyme for a minute (or not have to do dishes, which is what I am avoiding right now) and learn with me and with her.
Of course I have to bring it down to her level, but that shouldn't be a problem. Anyhow...
Barbie, the improbably-proportioned doll of a million career and wardrobe changes, comes from the (fictional) town of Willows, Wisconsin.
The first-ever ice cream sundae was served (on a Sunday) in 1881 at Edward C. Berner's soda fountain in Two Rivers, and it only cost a nickel.
The Wisconsin Dells has the world's largest concentration of water parks all in one area: eight indoor and three outdoor, with more than 200 water slides and 16 million gallons of water.
The Noah's Ark Waterpark in the Dells is the largest outdoor water park in the U.S.
Milwaukee's Summerfest attracts up to a million visitors per year, which has earned it a Guinness World Records citation as world's largest music festival.
The first kindergarten classes in the U.S. were held in 1856 at the home of a German couple residing in Watertown.
Wisconsin produces more cheese than any other state in the nation.
It's against the law to substitute margarine for butter in a restaurant unless the customer requests it, and even the margarine sold in grocery stores must be colored in a certain way so as to make sure it doesn't resemble butter too closely.
Marathon County produces nearly all of the ginseng grown in the U.S.—about 10 percent of the world's total supply.
Wisconsin is the only state to have the accordion as its state instrument.
Wisconsin was also, until 2011, the only state to have the polka as its official dance, until bandwagon-hopping Pennsylvania also rolled out the barrel.
Bloomer bills itself as the jump rope capital of the world due to its annual jump rope contest that has been going on since 1960.
If you're ever in Middleton, you can visit the (free!) National Mustard Museum and see a collection of 5,300 different types of mustard from more than 60 countries.
Warrens may be a tiny little village with only 400 residents, but each September it draws over 100,000 visitors to the world's largest cranberry festival.
And here is her dance for next week. Taught her the cha cha last time.
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