Preschool Creations

   This post contains affiliate links. Check out  our trip to Australia  here .   See  this post  for the passport and stamps that we used. Be sure to check out my  Pinterest  board with these and more ideas. We started out the week with looking at the map and traveling to Brazil. We stamped our passport with a Brazil stamp and took a look at the Capitol on Google Maps. We learned about several animals this week and we also got to cook several authentic Brazilian foods.  The animals we explored this week are: Armadillo Anteater Jaguar Golden Lion Tamarin Next week we will delve into the Amazon Rainforest and create our own diorama.  FOOD: My favorite Brazilian food we made was Coxinha. They were absolutely delicious.  I loosely followed this recipe. For the dough I used: 2 cups flour, 2 cups chicken broth and 1 tbsp of margarine. I also added some paprika to the filling. We couldn't get enough of them! I made this  Brazilian Rice recipe. It came out really good. We made these del

  This post contains affiliate links. Check out  part 1  of our trip to Australia  here  where we delved into the animals that are native to Australia. See  this post  for the passport and stamps that we used. Be sure to check out my  Pinterest  board with these and more ideas. This week we continued learning about Australia. We focused on places, people, food and language.  We learned about the Great Barrier Reef. The coral, anemones and the various fish and plants that live there. We learned about Ayers Rock also knows as Uluru and saw photos of how it looks red at sunset. We saw photos of the Sydney Opera House and recreated it. We spoke about the Aboriginal Australian people. We talked about how they lived, farmed and their art.  Here is a link  to a page with information about the Indigenous Australians. We cooked Australian meat pies and we made pavlova. Check out part 1 of our trip to Australia here  where we delved into the animals that are native to Australia. See this post  

This post contains affiliate links. This week we begin our Journey Around the World. We are starting with Australia.  We got on our airplane, made the very long journey and stamped our passport.   Check out my  previous post  for the passport and stamps that we used. This week we delved into learning about some of the animals native to Australia. We talked about marsupials and learned that there are many different ones in Australia. We loved reading about them, seeing pictures and watching videos of them in the wild. We also loved creating them by drawing or crafts. We've been talking about them all week at the dinner table. We now feel like we want to hop on a plane to see them for ourselves. These are the main animals we focused on: Kookaburra Kangaroo Wombat Koala Dingo Platypus Here are links to the resources we used. Be sure to check out my Pinterest  board with more ideas. ART: Click here for a YouTube video on how to draw a Kookaburra. Click Here  for an adorable kangaroo a

In homeschooling my 5 year old, we will be learning and exploring different countries. I will be documenting this learning journey and I will link the resources I am using.  Our first country will be Australia. I'm not sure how long we will spend on each country. We will learn about the culture, the animals, the food, notable places and anything that interests my child. We will cook and create the authentic foods of the country we are learning about. To start with, we made a passport that we will use as we travel to the different countries. We will place a stamp for each country we visit. For the passport, I used the free printable by  ArtsyCraftsyMom.com   created for www.makeandtakes.com . Here is the link  to the free printable.  For the stamps, I printed these  but I don't know if it has all the countries we will learn about. We also have a world map on the wall that we will reference.  Looking forward to sharing this journey.  Next up: Australia!