Since we are becoming quite the world travelers this year, what better way to have school in the month of December than to learn about Christmas around the world? There are sooooooo many resources for this!! I'm still even having trouble picking and choosing what we will focus on...but here are the main resources that I am using. Books for All Countries (overview) We will read a portion from one of these books each day. Homeschool Share has a free, HUGE, Christmas Around ... Read More about Christmas Carols Around the World
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Antarctica!
Antarctica is our last continent to visit! We are coming to the end of a year long world tour! What FUN we have had!! After this week, I hope to do a bit of review, looking back through our notebooks of the entire year, reviewing the information we have learned about various countries and cultures. I also hope to have the girls choose one country that they would like to do a little report/project on to share with us.Here are the resources we are using for studying Antarctica.BOOKSLINKSPolar ... Read More about Antarctica!
G’Day Mate! (Australia unit study)
For our next destination (starting Monday after Easter) in our travels Around the World, we are headed out to Australia!! I'm excited about this location because we have several treats coming up to go along with our Aussie studies! We had a dear online friend send us a little package of Aussie treats, we have another friend who is actually here in our town from Australia teaching on his sabbatical - we will have him share with us one evening, AND I saved some goodies from our VBS last year, ... Read More about G’Day Mate! (Australia unit study)
Mexico…here we come!
In our Around the World study, that is...I wish we could actually GO to all these places we are learning about this year. Maybe someday. :)Of course, with our study of Mexico we will have to pull out our maracas as well as having some yummy food from El Sazon! Maybe we should make a pinata??What are your favorite resources to use when studying Mexico? I've only scratched the surface, as I kind of decided last minute to go ahead and study Mexico this week, so leave me a comment with your ideas ... Read More about Mexico…here we come!
Headed to China!
In our Around the World studies, we are headed to China next! There is just SO MUCH to cover with China! We have covered China in the past with various unit studies, like the Olympic unit back in the summer of 2008, as well as various other studies. This time around there are a few things I want to make sure that we cover, that we haven't covered in the past. The Great Wall, Chinese New Year, and ancient China are a few of those new topics. I'd also like to review some geography of ... Read More about Headed to China!