Before you start buying, you might already have atlases in your home that you can use! These are my favorite go-to reference books listed under the section, “Mapping It Out,” that I like to display or pull readings from. Not every book features every country, in which case I assign a reading that is more […]
What a breathtaking place! Fjords, glaciers, waterfalls, the aurora borealis… such magical words. Norway is filled with abundant legends of trolls! Navigate this page: Missions, Booklists, Cooking, Folk Dance/Music, Art Project/Handicraft, Movie, Videos Mapping it Out Crayola.com’s Free printable of Norway’s Flag and Map Seterra.com’s Free printable maps of Europe Seterra.com’s Free online geography games
If you love waterfalls, Iceland is the place to go! Visiting Iceland a few years ago was our first flight with toddlers. It started out with an unhappy red-eye flight and we remained sleep deprived for the entire week… but it was totally worth it. Iceland, we will be back! Navigate this page: Missions, Booklists,
We did a short study about Paraguay and then wrapped up South America! We paid keen attention to this study because we have friends living here and, who knows, maybe we will get to visit when travel restrictions are lifted. Navigate this page: Missions, Books, Ecosystems, Cooking, Composer Study, Folk Dance, Folk Music, Art Project,
I combined Argentina and Uruguay because the physical geography and the food are so similar! Truly, the gauchos are doing it right, raising that grass-fed beef… Oh, to be in a place where grass-fed beef is the NORM! Navigate this page: Missions, Booklists, Ecosystems, Cooking, Composer Study, Folk Dance, Folk Music, Art Project, Physical Education,
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If a country only had one tourist attraction, the Uyuni Salt Flats would be enough to bring me there. But in addition, Bolivia has the Urus Floating Villages, Death Road, and two capitals, one of which wins the “capital at highest altitude” award, so high that flat screen TVs won’t work and people get altitude
The land of Machu Picchu, Nazca Lines, and the heart of the Ancient Incan civilization. A few surprises, too, like the Reed Islands and boats of the Uros People! Navigate this page: Missions, Booklists, Incas, Ecosystems, Cooking, Composer Study, Folk Dance/Music, Art Project, Games, Movie, Videos This post may contain Amazon Affiliate Links. I may earn
Navigate this page: Missions, Booklists, Incas, Science, Cooking, Art Project, Folk Dance/Music, Composer Study, Physical Education, Movie, Videos This post may contain Amazon Affiliate Links. I may earn a few cents on qualifying purchases. Thanks in advance for helping with the costs of running this blog! Ecuador means equator in Spanish! By the end of our
Navigate this page: Missions, Booklists, Ecosystems, Cooking, Composer Study, Folk Dance/Music, Art Project, Movie, Videos This post may contain Amazon Affiliate Links. I may earn a few cents on qualifying purchases. Thanks in advance for helping with the costs of running this blog! Our most fun memory of studying Colombia was that two of the kids
It’s so interesting that the official language in Brazil is Portuguese and not Spanish! I used to teach preschool in a city with many Brazilian immigrants, so we teachers picked up Portuguese phrases and would occasionally get Brazilian snacks like pao de queijo and coxinha (it took me quite awhile to find this recipe because