Now we get to the pre-Columbian societies in Central and South America. Here are the chapter books about Aztecs, Maya, and Incas. The chapter book selection was slim pickings! We mainly studied these civilizations using picture books. You’ll see that I pulled a lot of fun chapter books with themes relating to the Mayan, Aztec, […]
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Our current nature study ~TREES~ is inspired by the many sticks and leaves my children pick up every time we walk a nature trail. We’ll be reading these books about trees around the world in addition to the larger stack about the science of trees and the fascinating ways they communicate. This post may contain Amazon
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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
We kicked off our study of South America with a look at Guyana, French Guiana, and Suriname (Dutch Guiana South America).
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