Green Mountaineer Online: Children

Read these diaries of Vermont children from the late 1800s. How are their lives similar to yours? How are they different?

• Diary of a Vermont Schoolgirl (1893)
• Diary of a Vermont Farmboy (1874) - Learn  more about Porter Perrin
  

Want to learn more about Vermont schools in the 1800s?

• No Busses, No Electricity, No School Lunch!
• History Hidden in the Paper World of Ephemera: Schools
• Schoolgirl Engraver

Do you have a pet chicken or pig? Some Vermont kids did:

• A Chicken Is A Kid's Best Friend?

What did children do for fun in the past? Maybe the same things that you do!

• The Circus and Fair: A Summertime Delight
• What It Meant To Shoot the Chute
• History Hidden in the Paper World of Ephemera: Camps
  

Annie Ide, a girl from St. Johnsbury, didn't like having a birthday on Christmas day. So she got a new birthday!

• Annie Ide's New Birthday
  

Do you like jokes and riddles? Check out these from over a 100 years ago!

• Looking for Limericks, Requesting Rhymes, Riddles