MAR
05
2014

World Geography: Brazil Unit Study

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Hi everyone and Oi! Welcome to our world geography unit study on Brazil, we had so much fun with this week, and my kids absolute favorite was the rain forest diorama craft that accompanied this unit! Here are some more of the things we covered this week: Located Brazil & the Atlantic Ocean on the map and completed our worksheet How to say “Hello” in Portuguese – Oi’! Prayed for the Brazilian people Read Children Just Like Me Book Made Brigadeiros (Yummy chocolate balls) Completed a lapbook activity Learned about and classified 6 animals of Brazil Geography from A-Z Vocab: jungle, River, Meander Living World Encyclopedia: Learned all about the rain Forest Created an awesome Rain Forest diorama! (pics below) Tried to play soccer, but had to do it inside as we had snow all week! Learned about the 2nd Wonder of the World: Christ the Redeemer Statue Tried to finish our week with a traditional Brazilian meal, but didn’t feel like driving clear … [Read more...]

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FEB
26
2014

World Geography: Spain Unit Study

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Buenos Dias and Hola! Today I wanted to share our Expedition Earth week on Spain! Of course we started off our week finding Spain on the map: Here are some of the things we covered this week: Located Spain and it’s capital on the map and completed our mapping worksheet Learned about their flag How to say “Hello” in Spanish – Hola, buenos dias (good day), gracias (thank you) Prayed for the Spanish people Learned a song in Spanish Completed a lapbook activity Learned about and classified 6 animals of Spain Vocabulary: Geography from A-Z: Straight Learned about Christopher Columbus (Even though he was originally from Italy, he spent most of his adult life in Spain) Learned about Pablo Picasso and tried a painting inspired by Deep Space Sparkle Went out for Spanish food…okay, so here it was more like Mexican food, but still yummy! Here is our white board for the week. We review all the facts for our country each day before we review its location on the … [Read more...]

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JAN
29
2014

World Geography Unit: Netherland

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Good morning readers, today I have another world geography unit to share with you! Hoi and welcome to our Expedition Earth week on Netherland! Since it snowed here this week it was perfect timing, we had a great time, and we learned some fun things about Netherland too! Of course we started off our week finding Netherland on the map and stamping our passports with their flag:   Here are some of the things we covered this week: Located Netherlands on the map and completed our mapping worksheet Learned about their flag How to say “Hello” in Dutch– Hoi or Hello Prayed for the Netherlands people Learned a song in Dutch Completed a lapbook activity Learned about and classified 6 animals of Netherlands Vocabulary: Geography from A-Z: Ford Learned about Windmills and made a craft Completed an Ice Skating Craft (I wasn’t brave enough to actually go ice skating!) Went Bowling Had a cheese tasting party. Cheeses from Netherlands include … [Read more...]

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JAN
15
2014

World Geography: Italy Unit Study

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Good morning everyone! So  you might have noticed that I took a short break from posting the Expedition Earth World Geography posts to make room for my December Christmas Extravaganza, but now we’re back in the swing of things. So I thought some homeschooling posts might be a good idea ;o) So, moving on… Buon giorno and welcome to our Expedition Earth week on Italy! As a country near and dear to my heart this week, we had a great time, and I even learned some new things about Italy too!   We start every unit by locating the country on our world wall map. Everyone likes to do this, and so we take turns. Here are some of the things we covered: Located Italy on the map and completed our mapping worksheet Learned about the Italian flag How to say “Hello” & “Thank you” in Italian – Ciao, Grazie Prayed for the Italian people Learned a song in Italian  Completed a lapbook activity Learned Roman Numerals Learned about and classified 6 … [Read more...]

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NOV
25
2013

France World Geography Unit

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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