Learning about Australia. Part 2

Our days are pretty chaotic as we prepare for my parents to leave for the summer.
Nevertheless we managed to finish our Australian studies (for now :). I mean they could go on and on, the interesting country it is :)) Maybe more next year :)
Part 1 of our studies can be found here
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We read some wonderful books that taught us about this amazing country and the culture of aboriginal people:

Anya's bookshelf: children-books-australia




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We learned about amazing wildlife. This particular short movie was especially fascinating:

We did Australia inspired art:

We listened to the music:

We did a card for our "destination" box:

What I love most about homeschooling that it gives me an opportunity to discover more about the world. I read a great book Dreamkeepers:A Spirit-Journey into Aboriginal Australia by Harvey Arden I learned a lot and will definitely continue learning.
I watched some great australian movies and again, can't wait to see more, so un-hollywood they are.
The journey will definintely continue :)

Learning about Australia. Post 1

This month we are learning about Australia.
We started out a little bit late,so I think we will continue into first weeks of April.
This week we have read:
Australia by Mary Virgina Fox (Continents series)

This book gave us basic information about geography and culture.

Another great read:
Are we there yet? A journey around Australia by Alison Lester

This book talked about one family's roadtrip around Australia, named main attractions. It was very interesting. D. and I agreed that it would be super awesome to take a trip like that one day.
Third book which we all enjoyed very much was Possum Magic by Mem Fox

This book is a  funny tale about invisible little possum and a quest around Australia in search of a magic ingredient that would turn her visible again. This book also names main Australian cities and a local food for each. We are now curious to try vegemite (although I hear it's quite different from what we are used to here in U.S.).

For our science project we talked about Great Barrier Reef and D. did a little art activity: he painted ocean background on wet watercolor paper, on a separate sheet he painted fishes. Fished were cut out and pasted on the "scene".

D. also wrote a letter to a little girl from Brisbane and he is excited for a letter from her as well.

Got some interesting things planned for next week.