A Knight’s Life

Your child trains as a knight beside you: ducking a spinning quintain, working the forge bellows, settling a quarrel over a runaway pig, then helping guard a castle until it ends in peace. They learn what each job was for.

• Why a quintain’s sandbag swung round, and why riders ducked.
• Knights could climb into the saddle; the crane story is a myth.
• Banner colors and animals let friends spot each other far away.
• Hooves grow like fingernails, so horses needed new shoes often.
• A squire looked after the knight’s horse, saddle and armor.