Expedition Earth- Canada

Our next country to visit during Expedition Earth was Canada.

Hailey started out doing the mapping activity.

 She made a book of animals from Canada.

 She added Canada to her lapbook.

We talked about snow shoes and how they are used and watched some videos on Youtube about it.  Then we made our own and tried walking in them.

We read about the ice hotel in Canada.  We looked at pictures online and it looks so amazing!!  I would love to visit, but not actually stay- I don’t know how people stay warm enough to sleep.  So, after we learned all about it, we made some colored ice to build our own castle.

We used water to paint the ice and make it stick together.

Hailey and Hunter both loved this activity.

The completed ice castle.

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Exploring Norway

We have been working our way through the countries that we will see when we visit Epcot during our upcoming trip to Disney World.  For our study of Norway we used some of the printables and activities from Enchanted Homeschooling Mom’s new curriculum- Journey Into the World of Folktales.

 Hailey colored the flag of Norway.

Next we read Three Billy Goats Gruff… but before we did that Hailey drew a prediction of what she thought the story would be about.  We watched several different versions of the story on Youtube.

 Hailey and Hunter both made a troll.

Hunter showing off his troll.

Hailey retold the story of the Three Billy Goats Gruff.  First she drew a little backdrop on the white board, then she used her troll and the 3 billy goats to retell the story.

 We watched a video on BrainPOP about the Vikings, then Hailey and Hunter had fun making their own Viking ships.

Up next will be moving to North America and studying Canada as we continue learning about the countries.

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Expedition Earth- Germany

We are moving along in our Expedition Earth study.  We only have a few countries left before we head to Disney World and “visit” the countries in Epcot that we have learned about while doing Expedition Earth.

This week we learned all about Germany.

Hailey colored the flag.

We learned about and looked at pictures of the many castles in Germany.  Then Hailey built her own castle.

Hailey ate a pretzel.

She read about Germany.

A definite favorite activity was eating some Nutella.

We wrapped up the week with a German meal.  I made bratwurst, potato pancakes and sauerkraut.  The sauerkraut was not a hit hahaha, but we liked everything else.

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Expedition Earth- Italy

Our latest adventure in Expedition Earth was our trip to Italy.

Of course, we read several books (we just looked through some of them, they are all pretty long) about Italy.

Hailey stamped her passport (and I am obviously a few weeks behind in my posting).

We learned about Roman Numerals.  Hailey wanted me to test her and see if she could get them all correct- which she did.

We talked about Mt. Vesuvius and watched some Youtube videos of volcanos.  Then, of course, we had to make our own volcano.  Hailey was obviously more impressed than Hunter.

Hailey built her own version of the Roman Colosseum.

We learned about Michelangelo, and watched a BrainPop show about him.  Then, I taped paper under Hunter’s table so that Hailey and Hunter could pretend to be Michelangelo.

Of course, we ended our study of Italy by going out for some Italian food.  Yummy!

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