NOV
25
2013

France World Geography Unit

By | France, Homeschool, Unit Studies, World Geography

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Bon jour and welcome to our week on France! We always start off by locating our new country on the World Map. Here are some of the things we covered this week: Located France on the map, and found the Bay of Biscay How to say “Hello” in French – Bonjour! Prayed for the French people Learned a French Song Completed a lapbook activity Learned about and classified 6 animals of France Learned about the Eiffel Tower and made a small scale replica of the Eiffel Tower using a 3D Puzzle we found. Read: Geography from A-Z Pg 12 Cliff, Cave, Pg 40 Sea Cave/Arch Visited The White Cliffs of Normandy France Learned about Children in France Made homemade soap! Here are some of the highlights of the week: Well, it just wouldn’t be a trip to France without the Eiffel Tower, so we took a fun virtual tour online then made our own replica using this fairly easy 3D Puzzle. Here’s a post on how we created our Eiffel Tower model! We made homemade soap … [Read more...]

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NOV
20
2013

United Kingdom World Geography Unit

By | Geography, Homeschool, Unit Studies, United Kingdom

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Shwmae & Hello!! This week we’re venturing over to the United Kingdom as part of our Expedition Earth World Geography Curriculum! This was a great week, we had a lot of fun crafts which always makes things more interesting, and we finished our week at an English Pub which meant I didn’t have to cook dinner Friday and I consider that a good week! And found it on our world map: We also learned: Where Great Britain is on the map, and found the North Sea How to say “Hello” in Welsh– Shwmae! Prayed for the British people Sang a traditional English Song Completed a lapbook activity Completed and classified animals of Great Britain Made  Quilling Paper designs Learned about and made a small scale model of Stone Henge Learned about Big Ben and made a paper model Worked on a large foam World floor puzzle Here are some of the highlights of the week: My kid’s favorite part of our Geography Units has definitely been learning about the … [Read more...]

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NOV
06
2013

World Geography: Russia Unit Study

By | Geography, Homeschool, Russia

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Dobrey Dyen! We had so much fun with our Expedition Earth World Geography Curriculum week learning about Russia! We found Russia on the world map and filled in our mapping worksheet. We review all of the countries and random facts about each one every day just to help us remember! Every one gets their own turn at the map.   Here are some of the things we learned about: Where Russia is on the world map & located Moscow A song in Russian How to Say ― Hello in Russian: привет (Privyet), Good Day добрый день (Dobrey Dyen) How to Say ― Thank You in Russian: Спасибо (Spasibo ) How to pray for the Russian people Listen to Tchaikovsky – Nutcracker About children in Russia Studied the Tundra Completed a Russia lapbook activity Completed and classified animals of Russia Learned new Geography terms: Tundra, Plain, Peninsula, Swamp Learned about the North European Plains, Kamchatka Peninsula & Vasyugan Swamp Learned major … [Read more...]

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NOV
05
2013

Christmas Around the World Unit Study

By | Christmas, Holidays, Homeschool, Unit Studies

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Hi everyone! I can’t hardly believe it, but apparently 2013 is just about gone! I don’t know how it’s already November. I feel like this year just flew right by without me noticing. Apparently I was busy homeschooling or something? Anyhoo…on to the point of my post today. I’m so excited to participate in an iHN Thanksgiving/Christmas hop! there will be lots of fun ideas going around the blog-o-sphere today from some seriously talented iHN Bloggers! Everyone is sharing something for Thanksgiving or Christmas, so I thought it would be fun to share a Christmas Around the World Unit Study with everyone.     If you’ve already done my Expedition Earth World Geography Curriculum, then this will be quite familiar to you. What is it? Christmas Around the World is a unit study designed to introduce students to how different cultures across the world celebrate the Christmas holiday! Since it’s nice and simple, you can easily insert this unit wherever … [Read more...]

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OCT
16
2013

World Geography Thailand Unit Study

By | Geography, Homeschool, Thailand

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Sawa dee ka! And welcome to our fun World Geography week on Thailand! (Krathong Floating boats) Here are some of the things we learned about Thailand: Where Thailand is on the map, the Gulf of Thailand, the Mekong River, and the capital Bangkok. How to say “Hello” in Thai – Sawa dee Ka! How to pray for the Thai people About children in Thailand Completed a lapbook activity Completed and classified animals of Thailand Learned new Geography terms Made a Krathong floating boat craft Learned more about Thailand—National Geographic Learned about the Thailand Floating Markets   Each day we review all the countries we’ve learned so far. I also ask about capitals, language, how to say hello and what the money is for each country just for review.   Of course we learned about animals found in Thailand and then added them to our Animal Wall   We worked on our Mapping Thailand activity:   We made these cute … [Read more...]

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OCT
02
2013

World Geography Israel Unit Study

By | Geography, Homeschool, Israel

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Have you been looking for an exciting voyage across the world! Come along as we walk on the Great Wall of China, wander through the Amazon Rainforest, and climb the Egyptian Pyramids! Within this curriculum you’ll discover the sights and sounds of 31 countries across the globe. You’ll get hands-on with fun activities, crafts, recipes and more! So grab your passports, and get ready to go! It’s time for Expedition Earth Thursday! Shalom! And welcome to our Geography Curriculum week on Israel! Here are some of the highlights of the week: Where Israel is on the map, the Mediterranean Sea, the Dead Sea, and the capital A song in Hebrew How to say “Hello” in Hebrew How to pray for the Jewish people About children in Israel Completed a lapbook activity Completed and classified animals of Israel Learned new Geography terms Made a stone inlay craft Learned about the Dome of the Rock Learned about the 7th Wonder of the World: Petra in Jordan … [Read more...]

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SEP
25
2013

World Geography India Unit Study

By | Geography, Homeschool, India

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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!   Here are some more of the things we learned about this week: Completed our Mapping Worksheet Learned the Anilae Anilae song (Wee Sing CD) 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 as usual, at the end of the week, we stamped our passports! We found India on the map, then located the capital, Mediterranean Sea an Dead Sea: We colored and learned about the flag of India. We made fun inlay jewel mosaics. For this I used self hardening Crayola Clay and plastic jewels. We learned about animals from India: Then we talked about the facts we … [Read more...]

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SEP
18
2013

World Geography Japan Unit Study

By | Geography, Homeschool, Japan

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Konnichiwa! And welcome to our world geography unit on Japan. We’re having a great time as we travel through Asia with our Expedition Earth Geography Curriculum! I’m so glad I took the time to get it all together, it’s really paying off and the kids are having a great time learning about our world!   Here are some more of the things we learned about this week: Completed our Mapping Worksheet We learned about oceans this week as part of our ecosystem study Learned the Japan song Prayed for the people of Japan Learned how to say hello in Japanese Learned about the flag and colored our worksheet Learned about Children in Japan Made Colorful Carp, Karesansui Mini Sand Gardens, origami & the Itsukushima Torii Shrine Completed our Japan Lapbook component Enjoyed an evening out to sushi! And Stamped our passports! Of course we stamped our passports and greeted each other! I’ve found it useful to review all the continents and oceans daily, then … [Read more...]

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SEP
11
2013

World Geography South Korea Unit Study

By | Geography, Homeschool, South Korea

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Ahn-yong-ha-seh-yo! We had a great week learning about South Korea using our Expedition Earth World Geography curriculum. TinkerBell especially liked the song this week, the vibrato was right up her alley! I apologize for the lack of pictures for this week, but the unthinkable happened on day 3…that’s right…I dropped my camera on the hard wood floor and well…let’s just say it’s apparently not okay to do that. First I panicked, next I tried desperately to fix it, then I called my mommy crying and she happened to have a spare camera which she so kindly donated to our cause. Thanks MOM! But despite this sadly lacking in photos post, we did have fun week! We worked on our Animal Unit lapbook components: Here is everyone displaying their favorite animal: We added our animals to the Classification Wall: We did our lapbook activity: And we made jeweled crowns: Here are some more of the things we learned about this week some of which will sadly only exist in our memories … [Read more...]

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SEP
04
2013

World Geography China Unit Study

By | China, Geography, Homeschool

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Ni Hao! And welcome to our unit study on China! This week we learned all about the China, made some fun crafts, and ate some wonderful food as we learned all about China and it’s people in our Expedition Earth World Geography curriculum! Here are some of the fun activities we did for the week: We started off filling in our passport and putting on our flag sticker for China:   We learned: Where China is on the world map & located Beijing, Huang He River and the Yangtze River A song in Mandarin How to say “Hello” in Mandarin How to pray for the Chinese people About children in China Chinese Numbers Studied the Great Wall of China Completed a china lapbook activity Completed and classified animals of China Read The Story of Ping by Marjorie Flack Learned new Geography terms Played Chinese Checkers Learned major landmarks and other … [Read more...]

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