There are about eighty pyramids known today from ancient Egypt. The three largest and best-preserved of these were built at Giza at the beginning of the Old Kingdom. The most well-known of these pyramids was built for the pharaoh Khufu. It is known as the 'Great Pyramid'. We learned how the Egyptians still today travel on camels.
The leaning Tower of Pisa is famous because it leans. Although it was designed to be perfectly vertical, it started to lean during construction. However, even without this famous characteristic, this building would still be one of the most remarkable architectural structures from medieval Europe. It stands at 60 metres and until 1990 was leaning at about a 10 degree angle. See more facts about Leaning Tower of Pisa. (the kids kept calling it the leaning tower of Pizza Ha ha ha) I did explain it is in Italy where they eat pizza. Easton and Wyatt
Lillian and Noah
5 little speckled frogs.
Savannah and Addison
Savannah - we went to Malaysia at a carnival. They wear fun masks there. We learned that people all over the world love to dance and dress up.
Sophie
We took a magic carpet ride through Arabia- learning to count and make patterns.
More than half the area of Saudi Arabia is desert.So you can imagine how hot it is there.
Allie
Alexa and Kamry
Pretty masks
Lilian- Whitney and Kaylee
We were building a sandwich - counting and numbers
Zrayla
Jaxyn
Kamry
Lillian F
We went to Mexico sang songs and learned the Mexican hat dance. We also learned to count to 10. Ask your children how to say hello in Spanish. HOLA!
We played maracas! Fun Day!
Cash, JR, Rylon, Peyton and Brock
Smallest to largest. We work well together. You all have such amazing kids.
Small, Medium and Large.
5 little ducks went out to play.
We made cameras so we could take pictures of all of the great sites. The kids loved taking pictures on our adventures.
Allie and Zrayla
Kamry
5 little ducks
This is what I would wear if I traveled the world.
This would be me traveling the world! I can see beauty in all the world around me.
Kenzington and Lillian
Peyton and Kaylee
The Mexican hat dance.
We would have missed out on some of the sweetest things in life, if it hadn't been for the Mexicans, because they are the ones who gave us chocolate. And to balance that out, they also gave some of the hottest peppers known to man.
Fried grasshoppers are a favorite snack for the people of Oaxaca, a state in the south of Mexico.
We made Sombreros
One of the interesting facts about Mexico city is its world famous mariachi dance and music style. The word mariachi was earlier used to denote a group of dancers who traveled from place to place performing. The term then took shape into a musical style which is now a very prominent style of music throughout the world. No official event is complete without the request for a 'mariachi'.
Mexicans have a very strong sense of family. Their whole society revolves around the concept of a strong family bond. The father is the head of the family who makes the decisions for the rest of the family. Even though mothers are highly revered, they still come only second to the father.
We are flying over the ocean. We learned you cannot walk, ride a bike, car or train across the ocean. We learned you can fly and take a boat.
Mexico has 31 states and Mexico city is the capital.
The currency of Mexico is the Peso.
We did the Tooty ta!
Hundreds of dinosaur bones have been found in Northern Mexico. Mexican children take the name of both their parents (father's last and mother's maiden) to preserve the heritage.
Mexico is the largest manufacturer of salt in the world.
Brinley
Kyler
Olivia
Rylon
Carey
Taking fun pictures- Europe, Italy, Norway, China, Malaysia, Australia, Mexico, Egypt, Arabia, and many more places we traveled.
Where do you want to visit?
We passed the globe and played a game.
It's a small world after all.
We came home to America at the end of the month. We learned about respecting our flag.
We talked about the constitution, bill of rights and the sacrifices people have made. Singing God bless the USA and God bless America. We do the pledge every week.
Time for our African Safari - We went on a safari looking for animals.
We found so many different animals. (with our great imaginations)
What do you see?
I love that children can explore, have fun and use their imaginations to discover new adventures.
Peyton ready to go on our safari
We made African Drums!
- Children ages 7 through 15 are required to attend school. Parents must pay fees for their children to attend school, even public schools. All students wear uniforms.
- Schools in South Africa are packed with kids. In fact, some schools have two or three sessions to accommodate all the kids.
What ways can we travel around the world?
Flying to China!
I have a great love for Asian culture. I lived in Taiwan teaching English when I was only 19 years old. I loved their culture, generosity and their respect.
We discovered that all children in the world like to play, have fun and sing songs. I taught the children how to say I love you and How are you.
Ni hao ma is How are you or What's up? Wo ai Ni is I love you!
Jaxyn made a lantern.
Lantern Colors and Their Meanings:
- Red: Good fortune
- Pink: Romance
- Peach-red: Decisions and opportunities
- Orange: Money
- Yellow: Success in school and/or job
- White: Health
- Light Green: Growth
- Light Blue: Hoping something comes true
- Light Purple: Idealism
Children in China also make lanterns at school and hang riddles on them.
Emily and Dylan
We learned all about the Chinese New year. This year was the year of the DRAGON.
We went home with chopsticks and Chinese yo-yos!
hinese New Year is the most important of the Chinese holidays, and is a time of feasting with the family, celebration, fireworks and gift-giving. It is a 15-day holiday, beginning on the first day of a new moon and ending with the full moon on the day of the Lantern Festival.
Safari with Sophie and Zrayla
Emily and Allie
Presley
Safari time!
Brinley and Presley
What did we see on our Safari? Elephants, alligators, tigers, lions, giraffes, zebras. All sorts of animals.
African drum
We learned about currency and passports.
Say cheese!
The kids snapped pictures of everyone in school.
Savannah
Peyton B
We were learning the letter J and we had a fun surprise show and tell. Emily brought her baby brother John.
Bingo- We played a fun bingo game with all of our adventures around the world.
We traveled to Norway and discovered waterfalls The world truly is magnificent!
Kaimen and his waterfall
Love bug/hug dance.
Our big Valentines'day party! I gave all of my monkeys a monkey.
Passing out Valentine's to our friends
We turned into love bugs
We all play a game where we tell our friends why we like them.
Kincade
Garrett
Look at this cute bug!
Kaylee
Doing our Pledge
Hug dance
Hug!
when the music stops we hug
my monkey Kyler
Valentine's day
Hallie- Addison- Lizzie
Valentine time!
Savannah and Addison- Best buddies
We love our friends
Hope and Allie
We did a dance and song to my heart does a little dance.
Cute kiddos
Silly monkeys
Jaxyn and Allie
Sophie
Dylan- Mack and Carlos
We had a fabulous month learning about the world! We have an amazing world around us. Discovering cathedrals in Russia, rocks in Australia, Waterfalls in Norway and Mountains in Europe. We seen amazing places Machu picchu in Peru, Great wall of China, and Pyramids in Egypt.
