Namaste! And welcome to our Expedition Earth week on India! This week we learned a lot about India’s culture and animals! Of course we started off by stamping our passports!

DSC02738

We found India on the map, then located the capital, Mediterranean Sea an Dead Sea:

DSC02672

We colored and learned about the flag of India.

DSC02335

We made fun inlay jewel mosaics. For this I used self hardening Crayola Clay and plastic jewels.

DSC02411

We learned about animals from India:

DSC02369

Then we talked about the facts we learned about them and classified them on our wall.

We learned about the Taj Mahal, and then made a craft. Oh the paper Taj Mahal craft…sigh…what can i say other than this was a task! I ended up having to put most of it together as the cutting was a bit tedious. Also, a tip for you: Make sure to ENLARGE this quite a bit. I quadrupled the size of it and the little tops were still difficult to fold in. I think it would have been easier if it were bigger.

DSC02457

We made Lassi (a sweet drink) I liked this, but the honey was a bit much for me, maybe no honey next time! (And if you notice, I skipped the mint too, I forgot! Oh well, it was still tasty!)

We did our lapbooking activity:

DSC02401

Of course we finished off the week with a traditional Indian meal. This one didn’t go over quite as well with the kids! We ordered ‘non-spicy’ everything and it was still hot! My husband loved it, the rest of us ate something that was a Sweet Naan, I forget the name of it, but it tasted like peanut butter and jelly!

DSC02438

Here are some more of the things we learned about this week:

  • Completed our Mapping Worksheet
  • Learned the Anilae Anilae song
  • Prayed for India
  • Learned how to say hello in Hindi
  • Learned about the flag and colored our worksheet
  • Learned about Children in India
  • Made a Lassi, the Taj Mahal and an inlayed jewel stone craft
  • Completed our India Lapbook component
  • Tried Indian cuisine
  • And Stamped our passports!

Click here if you’d like to follow along with our Expedition Earth Geography Curriculum Journey!

10 Comments

  1. ohh that looks so wonderful, we are trying to decide to use Expedition Earth and your Animals study… It looks like a ton of fun, I have just found your site and am so pleased in doing so! My little ones are gonna love your printables! Thank you so much for providing so many wonderful things!! XOXO

  2. Hello. i am from India. it was a good attempt made by you. there are a few additions i would like to make.
    1. India has the oldest civilization – Indus valley
    2. origins of 4 religions – Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism
    3. major epics – Ramayana and Mahabharata
    4. the concept of zero is attributed to India
    5. Mahatma Gandhi – the father of the nation was not discussed. he was the person whom reformed with non -violence
    6. Mount Everest – the tallest mountain in the world
    7. agriculture is the main occupation in India
    7. India has the largest herds of buffaloes and is the largest producer of milk in the world
    8. India is incomplete without festivals – diwali, ganesh chaturith, navrathi, durga puja …
    9. Indian cuisine is famous for its herbs and spices worldwide, infact Britishers came to India for our spices
    10. we have world’s largest concentration of vegetarianism
    11. hockey is India’s national game but cricket is also loved by us. sachin tendulakar the famous cricketer is from India
    12. Lassi is never made with honey, it is sugar and plain yogurt. sometimes flavors like rose, mango etc
    well these were somethings which immediately came to my mind.
    proud to be an INDIAN
    thanks

    rupali

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.