1. Talk to an older person in your family or neighborhood about what he or she did as a child. Talk about fun and games or about working and making things. Or ask the person to tell you a story about his or her childhood. Write a report or story about something you learned from this interview.

2. Write a diary entry that Laura might have made on an important day if she had been old enough to write. For example, what would she have written after the visit to town, after the dance at Grandpa's, or after her fight with Mary?

Or write a diary entry from the point of view of Ma, Pa, or Mary.

3. Laura explains to you how she and her sisters and cousins have fun in the Little House. Try writing a letter or story to Laura...