Volcano Lapbook

Isaac did this lapbook for science awhile ago--I'm just way behind on posting!

We got our lapbook booklets from homeschoolshare. Here's another link we used, also homeschoolshare but different booklets. Isaac designed his own cover (looks like I forgot to check his spelling!).

Geography: Norway

Back in January, we visited Norway in our geography studies. Here's a look at what we did:

Week 1

Monday: Introduction to Norway
Scandinavia Song
Locate Norway on world map, globe, and atlases
Place flag sticker in passport and stamp with date

Tuesday: Norway Facts
Capitals, large cities, land and water borders
YouTube video on Oslo (embedding was disabled)
Map page (we used a map outline from Enchanted Learning)


I gave Isaac these directions for his map work:
1. Find and label Norway’s capital city Oslo.
2. Find and label Hammerfest, the northernmost city in Europe.
3. Label the following seas: North Sea, Norwegian Sea, Barents Sea
4. Label the Skagerrak Strait.
5. Label the Arctic Circle and draw a line to show where it starts.
6. Find and label Norway’s highest mountain Galdhøpiggen.
7. Lightly color the seas light blue and Norway yellow.
8. Label Sweden, Finland, and Russia. Lightly color each country a
different color.

Geography from A to Z: fjords, forests, mountains, glaciers, islands, highlands, valleys, caves
Report on fjords


Wednesday: Norway Facts
Discuss government, royalty, currency, climate
Wedding video of King Harald of Norway:

Flag page (from ColoringCastle.com)

Website on National Costumes. Here's another link on national costumes.

Thursday: Science
Discuss Northern Lights
Here's a really cool power point story on Auroras!
Here, you can get an aurora forecast! They can be seen sometimes even in the continental US, but the best views of course are far north!
View videos and photos of Northern Lights



Northern Lights chalk picture on black paper


Friday: Science
Discuss “Land of the Midnight Sun”
Discuss maelstroms (Saltstraumen


Week 2

Monday: Animals in Norway
Make a booklet on Norwegian animals: gray wolf, moose, brown bear, European lynx, reindeer, polar bear

Draw-Write-Now page on Moose


Tuesday: Architecture and History
Stave Churches
Viking Ships
Religion

Wednesday: Norwegian Inventions and People
Skiing (Invented in Norway and Sweden)

Roald Amundsen, polar explorer

Thursday: Concluding Activities
Notebook Page (form made by Jolanthe at Homeschool Creations)

Norwegian language


Friday: Concluding Activities
Read Around the World in 80 Tales, p. 68 "Three Billy Goats Gruff"
Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg (Listen to "In the Hall of the Mountain King" from Peer Gynt)

Norwegian food--we baked fish
YouTube clips on Norway:
This one was not able to be embedded, but it's called Visit Norway in 7 Min.



Here's one more from visitnorway.com

We also visited Time for Kids to learn more about Norway.

I link up to the geography/history blog hop at Children Grow, Children Explore, Children Learn

My Latest Bargain Finds

People in England don't really have yard sales, so I make do with charity shops. A few weeks ago, however, I went to a church rummage sale (well, they call it a table-top sale--it was a fund-raiser for charity) and found loads of bargains for less than £10. Isaac and Moriah took their spare change with them and found lots of goodies, too! They really enjoyed spending their money because most of the toys were between 10p and £1. I told Isaac not to buy anything before asking me; however, he forgot...and ended up with a large, mean-looking remote-control T-Rex! I don't know--my first impressions weren't so good, but it is sort of cool, and he loves it! (Sorry I don't have a pic). Here are some of the things I found:

These come apart, and you can mix-match the pieces:


Gabriela loves ballet and was very pleased with this tutu:








A hot water bottle is a "must have" in England--I mean, everyone has one. I've been here 5 years without one, so I bought this one cheap--hopefully it's in good condition. Can anyone tell me how to use the thing?


Gabriela loves Maisy! This is her first Maisy book.


Airport set


Letter Match Alligator



Doodle design set--Moriah bought this:


I have a copy of this book in storage back in America (it was too heavy to bring back), and I need it soon for Moriah's Kindergarten, so I was extremely pleased to find this one at only 20p (the one I have in the US was quite expensive).


Cloth globe. I love this thing. I meant to use it for geography, but Gabriela likes to sit on it, roll around on it with her belly, pick it up with her feet, etc. I used it for a pillow when I was doing my floor exercises. It's a very multi-purpose globe!


I've not worked out whether this dress is Japanese or Chinese (if that), but Moriah loves to dress up, so I got it for her.


Perfect timing, this...Isaac is just beginning to study the solar system in science. He's very excited about using it. And guess what! Not only was it super-cheap, but it was still new in its wrapper!!!


Here are some charity shop bargains I found back in February--I just never got around to posting them:

Bear puppet


Silver tray for Tot School sorting


Wooden bowls--also for Tot school use


There were some other goodies, too, but I can't seem to find my pictures of them. I may have to add to this post later!

I'm linking this post up to Garage Sale Treasures, hosted by My Life on a Taffy Pull

Tot School--May

Here's what Gabriela has been doing in Tot School this past month.
We didn't do as much as usual for a few reasons. 1) We had a special visitor. Grandma came to visit us all the way from America! 2) Gabriela is going through a stage...she isn't wanting to sit still to do anything here lately! I need to find some time to come up with some new Tot School activities I think.

1. Play school set


2. She begs for play-doh now!


3. Stacking cubes


4. Another rare WARM day in England (she loves playing with baby dolls)

She also love playing with toy cars!


5. Airport set I got at a church rummage sale (she really has a thing for airplanes right now--she spots them in the sky every time--I'm wondering what she'll think of our airplane trip back to the US next month!)


6. Alphabet match alligator--another church rummage sale find! She's a bit too young to start matching big and little letters, but she enjoyed taking the little cloth letters in and out of the pockets.


7. I can't resist including these pictures!



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Tot School--April

I can't believe how long it's been since I've posted what we've done in Tot School! I think Easter was the last time. I think I'll do this in 2 separate posts--1 for April and 1 for May. So....this is NOT what we did last week.

1. First try at the memory game.


2. She got this color pencil set when she went for her 2 1/2 year growth and development assessment at a children's centre. She loves to open and close it and fit in all the pencils.



3. Connect 4--Just practice putting the checkers in the slots.


4. I found this Fantacolor Jr. set at a charity shop for really cheap! It's very similar to the button board she got for her last birthday.



I've been asked several times where I got Gabriela's Button Board, pictured here:

As far as I know it is exclusive to ELC (Early Learning Centre) only in the UK, but the Fantacolor Jr. is available in the US. I know you can get it from Timberdoodle.

5. Outdoor play on a rare warm day.


6. Farm set. I love how she tried to stack the cows in the first picture. She actually got 3 of them up, but I didn't get the picture taken before they fell over.



7. Picture Games (That's what it's called. I found it at a charity shop.)



8. Dr. Gabriela taking care of Baby:



9. My Little Pony magnet book:


10. Stringing beads:


11. Mr. Potato Head puzzle:


12. Playing with animal dominoes:


13. Letter G Match:


14. Farm animal sorting--we sorted by color and also paired baby animals with their mothers.




15. I love dressing my kids in costumes. We go to a lot of places where they have old-fashioned clothes for kids to dress up in--we've been doing this since Isaac was born. This particular place was a Tudor house, and doesn't Gabriela look sweet in Tudor clothing? Unfortunately, this time didn't end up so well. About a week later (and we really didn't go anywhere the rest of the week), Gabriela ended up with head lice. I guess I'm going to have to be much more careful in the future about putting my kids in hats that dozens of other children have tried on!


16. She loves this rabbit thing.


17. Nesting/Stacking blocks:



18. Musical Instrument Lotto:



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