Yeeeehaa! My unit study all about South America and the rainforest is done and dusted and is now posted all in one place 🙂 Enjoy! Part 1: South America: Learning through Literature Part 2: Project Based Learning: South American Animals Part 3: South America Adventure box Part 4: Where in the World? Part 5:…
Category: Continent Studies: South America
South America: The Vanishing Rain Forests {deserts}
Welcome to my very last post on our South American Unit Study. I'm so chuffed I managed to finally get it all written down, and I am so ready to move on to our next continent study, which I think will be Asia. This week we learnt all about the importance of plants and trees…
Artist Study: Henri Rousseau
As part of our South American/ rain forest unit study we looked at the art of Henri Rousseau, which was perhaps a strange choice given he was French and had no connection with South America in any way whatsoever! That said, he is well known for his paintings of jungles and it is there you…
Around the World with FIAR: Salamander Room
FIAR Work The Salamander Room is a delightful book about a young boy imagining all he would need to do to his bedroom to make it habitable for the salamander he found in the forest. Once I had read out this book for a few days I had A8 narrate the story back to me…
The Magic School Bus: In the Rain Forest {Chocolate Production}
This whole lesson was focused on all things chocolate. I knew this would appeal hugely to the masses so I bribed encouraged them to work hard with the promise of fun times to come. And they did. Work hard, that is, although it was not without the presence of much checking when the promised treat time…
Around the World with FIAR: Henry the Castaway
Geographical Theme for Term: South America We read through this book again: Henry the Castaway is a story about a boy who imagines going for an adventure on the Orinoco River. This river runs through Venezuela and Colombia: As we had already covered Columbia in a past study, we focused primarily on Venezuela this week.…
Venezuelan Art Study: Santiago Pol
As part of our South American studies we looked into well known Venezuelan artist Santiago Pol. Santiago Pol, born in Barcelona, Spain, states this about Venezuela: "If Venezuela did not exist, I would not exist as a designer" A leading figure in Venezuelan graphic art, Pol carried out his studies in Fine Arts at the School…
Magic tree house book: Adventure in the Amazon
This week we have been using one of the Magic Tree House books 'Adventure in the Amazon', to continue with our South America unit study, focusing on the country of Brazil. South America: Goals for this Study Whilst working through the next unit of Rainforest Journey and reading Adventure in the Amazon, we will be focusing…
Around the World with FIAR: The Gully Washer (South America)
Yes, I know this is a bit of a stretch, but gully washers do happen in Colombia, and Colombia happens to be one of the wettest countries in South America, and the next part of the Rainforest Journey is learning about the water cycle. See it all dove-tails...a bit. In all honesty the Gully Washer…
South America: Cookie Map
I use the same cookie dough recipe every time I make a cookie map or gingerbread house. It makes a very hard, solid biscuit which can be rolled very thin and still remain in tact after baking. It tastes good as well! Dough for Map Making Gather: 1/2 cup unsalted butter 1/2 cup caster sugar…
South America Unit Study: Where in the world?
I used as many ways as I could come up with to reinforce their previous knowledge of the Polar regions as well as teaching them where in the world South America was. Wall Map The first place to go was the huge wall map. I first asked the girls to point out where the Arctic…
South America Unit Study: Summer Adventure Box
I have already outlined my plans for my youngest two for this summer, and you will know that I am having a lot of help from my mum, Sarah and Lorna (Aren't I blessed?). This Summer Adventure Box needed to be extra special for just that reason. There will be more people than just me…
Project Based Learning: South American Animals
Whilst the older children dig deep into Shakespeare and all he has to offer, the little ones will be focused on South America. It will be a primarily literature based study, with the exception of the project based learning the littles will do. They have attempted to do projects before with my help but they…
South America – Learning through Literature
Whilst the older ones are studying all things Shakespeare, the littles will be focusing their time on South America. The unit study will be two pronged using both literature and project based learning. This post will be about our literature based learning and tomorrow I will post about the projects they will be attempting.…