MFW ECC Highlights: Week 9 Brazil

 

 

We are traveling through Brazil this week focusing on the tropical rainforest and the creatures that live there.

 

We added to our Around the World Lapjournal. 

 

Geography:

• located Brazil on the map 
• discussed the different biomes of South America
• learned the difference between a hill and a mountain and the correct terms for each. (we really like the Beginning Geography workbook).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Science: 

• Read The Great Kapok Tree and did rainforest lapbook. (printed from Homeschool Share)
• Made 3-D rainforest from Rod and Staff Hearing and Helping fun workbook.
• My kids really enjoyed the National Geographic Totally Tropical Rain Forest dvd

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bible:

• Continued reading in the book of Matthew
• Verse:  Matthew 5:14 “You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden”

ECC Co-op:

• made art inspired by South/Central America (I lead the art for co-op and I didn’t care for any of the suggested art projects from Brazil, so we opted to do a different one from the Global Art book from the South and Central America section.)

 

1. pick out 2 or 3 fabric pieces to cover a piece of cardboard.
2. staple or tape them on.
3. draw a design on the fabric with chalk
4. use your scissors to cut through the layers of fabric to make your art (you just need to make sure you are only going through the layers you want to cut.)

 

  The kids seemed to really enjoy this project.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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(BFIAR): The Carrot Seed

Little Ladybug enjoyed reading The Carrot Seed by Ruth Krauss.  We also had fun doing some Before Five and a Row activities to go along with it.

Cooking

They made some carrot soup…..

 …and they fought over the step stool and who was going to push buttons on the blender. :o)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

How did it taste???  It was well…..let’s just say Little Lizard liked it, but he will eat pretty much anything :0)

Carrot Art

The girls painted using the carrots as their brush.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Play-doh Carrots

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Carrot Lapjournal

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

She is pouting while coloring because she says she can’t possibly color anymore…… she has a spider in her ear ;o)

 

 

 

 

 

 

(printed from Homeschool Share)

Additional Carrot Reading

Wordless Wednesday: Popsicles

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Time For Some Fun

 

This week we did a little bit of math, spelling, and an intro to Brazil……..but then decided to forget school for the rest of the week and have some FUN! 

at the local fair

 

 

 

 

 the children’s museum

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the pumpkin patch

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

in the leaves

 

reading together

 

playing together

 

loving each other

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