Week In Review

We have been busily preparing for a trip to Disney World by studying the various countries at Epcot, learning about Walt Disney, and about how roller coasters work.  We left on May 9th for Disney World and we came home on the 20th.  We had a fantastic time!!  Here is just a tiny peek into some of the educational things we did while we were there.

We visited all of the countries we had studied:

Hailey in Mexico

Hunter and Hailey in Norway

We ate lunch in America

Hailey in Japan

Hailey in Morocco

Hailey and Hunter in France

Hailey in Canada

Hailey in China

Hailey in Germany

Hailey in Italy

Hailey in the United Kingdom

We stopped and colored at the various Kidcot stops and learned some more about the countries.

While we were at Epcot we also visited the butterfly garden.

Hailey even had a butterfly crawl on her hand.

While we were at Hollywood Studios we visited One Man’s Dream- a museum all about Walt Disney.  Hailey wasn’t too excited about going in at first, but she ended up loving it.  She was stopping and reading everything and was excited when we would see something we had read about before our trip in Who Was Walt Disney?

Part of our day at Animal Kingdom was spent doing the Wilderness Explorer program- very fun and educational.

Hailey and Hunter worked on matching up dinosaur teeth.

Hailey searching for various animals.

Trying to figure out a code in the Wilderness Explorer book.

Of course, we also saw lots of animals:

Hailey brushing a goat.

Hailey was very interested in this macaw.  We stayed after the show so she could ask some questions and get her picture taken with it.

She was brave enough to touch this snake and also asked several questions about it.

On the safari ride, we saw crocodiles,

giraffes,

zebras,

a lion… and so much more!

And of course, we studied how rides and roller coasters work, so we had to get some real life experience with those too 🙂

Hailey on her favorite ride at Magic Kingdom- Splash Mountain.

Hailey’s favorite ride at Epcot- Test Track.

Waiting to go on Thunder Mountain Railroad.

Hailey’s favorite ride at Hollywood Studios- the Tower of Terror.

We had a wonderful trip, and of course, we can’t wait to go back!

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Expedition Earth- Mexico

We had a great time learning about Mexico!

Hailey used playdough to make an Aztec Temple.

We made some maracas.

Hailey and Hunter loved dancing with their maracas.

The finished maracas- they were very easy to make.  I put popcorn kernels inside some of our left over plastic Easter Eggs.  Then we taped spoons to the eggs and decorated the tape.

We also made some lovely Mexican bowls.

After shaping air dry clay, Hailey and Hunter pressed beads and sequence into the bowls.

Hunter’s bowl

Hailey’s bowl.

When the bowls were dry, they painted them with water colors and used them for Mother’s day presents.

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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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Week in Review

Here is a little bit of what we’ve been up to lately:

History/ Language Arts:

We have been preparing for our upcoming vacation to Disney World, so we read Who Was Walt Disney?  We really enjoyed reading this book, it was so interesting!  Even Hunter sat and listened to it most of the time.

After we finished reading the book, Hailey did a book report in the shape of a Mickey Mouse head.  On one ear she wrote the name of the book and who the author and illustrator are.  On the other ear she wrote when and where Walt Disney was born and when he died.  On the other papers she wrote 3 adjectives to describe Walt Disney, a question she would like to ask him, her favorite quote from Walt Disney, and a timeline of his life.

Science:

Hailey has been learning all about roller coasters and how they work.  We used an Amanda Bennett unit study all about roller coasters and had a lot of fun with this unit!

Hailey drew some pictures of different kinds of roller coasters.

We did one test where we used 2 different ramps- one long…

…the other short.  We checked to see how far the car would go after it came off each ramp, and which ramp would send the car further.

 Hailey used several different websites for fun roller coaster activities.

We did another experiment.  This time we used the same ramp each time.  First we put one book under the ramp, then 2 books under the ramp, then 3 books under the ramp and finally, 4 books under the ramp.  Hailey predicted what she thought would happen, then we tested it to see what would happen and measured the results.

We finished up the unit by making this roller coaster lapbook that covers everything Hailey learned about.

Other:

Hailey and Hunter made some little clay bowls for Mother’s Day.  First they shaped the bowls, and while the clay was still wet, they added beads and sequence.  Once it dried, they used water colors to paint.

The completed bowls, they turned out cute.

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