Australia Part 1 - Animals of Australia

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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 and baby kangaroo in pouch craft. 

We used this guide to draw a koala with a joey.

We made these adorable Platypus bookmarks.

BOOKS WE READ:

VIDEOS WE WATCHED:

Overview of Australian Animals

 

All about Kangaroos

Wombats

Koalas

Kookaburra song

Platypus

Stay tuned for next week where we will learn about the food, places, language and the Aboriginal Australian people.