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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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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