Preschool Creations

    This post contains affiliate links. Check out  our virtual trip to Australia  here .   Check out part 1 of our virtual trip to Brazil 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. This week we delved into learning about the Amazon Rainforest. There are so many animals and plants in the rainforest and we took our time reading lots and lots of books and learning the names of many of them. We learned about the 4 levels of the rainforest. And finished off by creating a diorama of the rainforest. We saw 2 videos linked below of the beautiful Iguazu falls. We learned a few words in Portuguese. We've been using the word obrigado in our house, which means thank you. FOOD: I made Galinhada - a Brazilian chicken and rice one pot dish. Here is one version  and here is another . I made Brigadeiro  (Brazilian fudge balls) and let me tell you, those are decadent! They are incredible. I didn't have swe

   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