Preschool Creations

      This post contains affiliate links. Check out  our virtual trip to Australia  here .   Check out our virtual trip to Brazil  here . Check out our virtual trip to Colombia  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 really enjoyed learning about Denmark. We focused mostly on Windmills and Wind Turbines. We learned about wind energy and did some STEM activities to explore it. We learned some phrases in Danish and we read the book The Ugly Duckling. The author, Hans Christian Anderson is from Denmark and there are statues and a museum of him in Denmark. We also learned the queen of Denmark is Margrethe II. The popular mode of transportation is cycling. There are many bicycles in Denmark. FOOD: I made  Frikadeller (Danish meatballs)  following this recipe. I used ground beef instead of pork. It was really good, and my family loved it. PLACES: Faroe Islands - A beautiful island with gorgeous

  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