World Geography Monday: Greenland

This week our travels bring us to Greenland!

Here are some things that we learned this week:

1.  Over 85% of Greenland is covered in a thick sheet of ice all year long.

2.  It is the largest island in the world.

3.  Fishing is the major industry of Greenland.


We also added these books and DVD to our study.  You can go HERE to see the other books that we use.

The Raven's Gift

by Kelly Dupre

Greenland World's Largest Island

by Joanne Mattern

Whalers in Greenland developed scrimshaws to record stories and observations they wanted to remember.  They made these scrimshaws in ivory.  We carved in soap!

Carving out of soap!!

Stay tuned for next weeks adventures as we travel to Columbia!!

Blessings!!

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World Geography Monday: Caribbean Islands and the Bahamas

This week our travels bring us to Caribbean Islands and the Bahamas!

Here are some things that we learned this week:

1.  There are about 700 islands that make up the Bahamas.

2.  More than 5 million people come to the Bahamas to vacation yearly.



We also added these books and DVD to our study.  You can go HERE to see the other books that we use.

Windward Islands

by Tamra Orr

Leeward Islands

by Lisa Kozleski

Both of these books we just looked at the pictures.

Trinidad and Tobago

by Romel Hernandez

The Bahamas

by Martin Hintz

Both of these books we just looked at the pictures.

Caribbean Islands Facts & Figures

by Romel Hernandez

Captian Jon's Shark Safari DVD

The book we just looked at the pictures.

Leo rendition of the Hope Town Lighthouse on Abaco Bahamas.

Caribbean Banana Fritters!!

Stay tuned for next weeks adventures as we travel to Greenland!

Blessings!!

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World Geography Monday: Jamaica

This week our travels bring us to Jamaica!

Here are some things that we learned this week:

1.  Well known for Reggae music.

2.  A lot of the people of Jamaica are from Ethiopia and practice the Rastafarian religion.



We also added these books and DVD to our study.  You can go HERE to see the other books that we use.

Jamaica

by Michael Capek

Doctor Bird

by Gerald Hausman

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A game of Cricket in Jamaica!

Jamaican Banana Fritters!!!

Stay tuned for next weeks adventures as we travel to Caribbean Islands and the Bahamas!

Blessings!!

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Geography Monday: Puerto Rico

This week our travels bring us to Puerto Rico !

Here are some things that we learned this week:

1.  The average temperature is 82 degrees!  That would be awesome!!

2.  The Caribbean National Forest is here and has 28,000 acres of rainforest.  It receives more than 100 billion gallons of rain a year!


We also added these books and DVD to our study.  You can go HERE to see the other books that we use.

Puerto Rico

by Jim Ollhoff

The Golden Flower

by Enrique Sanchez

Coqui frog

This frog is named for the sound that it makes.  There are 13-16 different species of this frog in Puerto Rico.

Stay tuned for next weeks adventures as we travel to Jamaica!

Blessings!!

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Geography Monday: Panama

This week our travels bring us to Panama!

Here are some things that we learned this week:

1.  The Panama Canal took 10 years and $380,000,000 to build.  39 ships pass through the canal daily with an average cost of $54,000.

2.  Panama is an isthmus.  Meaning it is a narrow strip of land that is bordered on both sides with water, that connect 2 larger bodies of land.



We also added these books to our study.

Conejito

by Margaret Read MacDonald

Welcome to Panama

by Ronald Tan

Lego Panama Canal.

You can go HERE to see the other books that we use.

Stay tuned for next weeks adventures as we travel to Puerto Rico!

Blessings!!

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Geography Monday: The Dominican Republic

This week our travels bring us to The Dominican Republic!

Here are some things that we learned this week:

1.  4,000 humpback whales from North America come to the northern coast to have their babies!!

2.  Sugarcane is the main crop of the Dominican Republic.



We also added these books to our study.

The Dominican Republic

by Walter Simmons

A Gift of Gracias

by Julia Alvarez

Humpback whale!

You can go HERE to see the other books that we use.

Stay tuned for next weeks adventures as we travel to Panama!

Blessings!!

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Geography Monday: Haiti

This week our travels bring us to Haiti!

Here are some things that we learned this week:

1.  Haiti is the poorest country in North and South America.

2.  Many Haitians practice voodoo.



We also added these books to our study.

Haiti

by Jim Bartell

Bouki Dances the Kokioko

by Diane Wolkstein

Lego rendition of the "Le Negro Marron"  The Black Maroon in Port-au-Prince.

Instead of fried plantains that we really didn't like, I fixed fried bananas with butter, brown sugar, and cinnamon!!

You can go HERE to see the other books that we use.

Stay tuned for next weeks adventures as we travel to Dominican Republic!

Blessings!!

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Geography Monday: Cuba

This week our travels bring us to Cuba!

Here are some things that we learned this week:

1.  Baseball is Cuba's national sport and they have on of the best teams in the world.

2.  There are over 200 rivers in Cuba which is the largest of the Caribbean islands.



We also added these books to our study.

Cuba

by Julie Murray

A Mango in the Hand

by Antonio Sacre

Cuba flag out of Legos!

We made Cuban Bread French Toast!!

I did not use Cuban bread, but whole wheat.  Still turned out amazingly!!

You can go HERE to see the other books that we use.

Stay tuned for next weeks adventures as we travel to Haiti!

Blessings!!

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Geography Monday: Nicaragua

This week our travels bring us to Nicaragua!

Here are some things that we learned this week:

1.  Nicaragua is also called "the land of lakes and volcanoes."

2.  Half of the population of Nicaragua is under the age of 15.

We also added these books to our study.  You can go  HERE  to see the other books that we use.

Nicaragua

by Lisa Owings

Nicaragua is my Home

by Jamie Daniel

For our travels to Nicaragua, we fixed Gallo Pinto.

To make the Gallo Pinto, saute onions, add 2 cups kidney beans and 1 cupped cooked rice

The Bull Shark is native to the waters of Nicaragua.

Stay tuned for next weeks adventures as we travel to Cuba!

Blessings!!

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Geography Monday: Costa Rica

This week our travels bring us to Costa Rica!

Here are some things that we learned this week:

1.  More than 100 years ago Costa Rica became the first country in Central America to grow coffee.

2.  Costa Rica is the wealthiest of the Central American countries and provides education for free.

3.  There is a hummingbird gallery with 30 different species to view in Monteverde Cloud Forrest.



We also added these books and DVD to our study.  You can go  HERE  to see the other books that we use.

Costa Rica

by Jim Bartell

Costa Rica and The Amazon DVD

by Jeff Corwin

For our meal from Costa Rica, we had some corn pancakes.

Very yummy!

He made a Lego hummingbird bird!

Stay tuned for next weeks adventures as we travel to Nicaragua!

Blessings!!

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