The boys are trying to wrap their minds around the concept of how essential food and water are and how difficult it can be for many people in the world to get these two basic necessities. The first part was easy for them. But the second part? As we talked about how many people don’t […]
geography
Sailing through Review!
This continents map of ours is proving quite handy. In addition to the fun we’ve had playing Global Twister (tutorial for our map found here), we recently pulled it out for a little review. The boys grabbed their bath boats and embarked from Peru (our last stop) to set sail around the world, reviewing what we […]
Compassion Peru
The boys have a soft spot for South America. In our journey around the world, they have really been looking forward to this stop. Why? Ittiel, their friend and sponsored child through Compassion International lives in Peru. My husband and I began sponsoring our first child when we were engaged. He was from Guatemala – a […]
Rainforest Play
A Lesson in Comparison As we set sail from Antarctica back up to South America, we went straight for the Amazon rainforest. Talk about a lesson in comparisons… After reading about all of the beautiful plants and exciting animals, I decided to try and help the boys get some perspective on how different it is there […]
Antarctic Adventures
You know you’re immersed in something when you start to dream about it! Last night, my baby (aka the two year old) had a fever and didn’t sleep well. When I finally fell back asleep at about 4am, I started having weird dreams. Does this ever happen to anyone else when your sleep is hijacked? […]
Heading North
To round out our study of North America, we headed north. We had fun looking at pictures of beautiful Canada, talking about maple trees, mounties and of course Vancouver (Olympics are still fresh in their memory). But what the boys really loved doing was exploring the lives of eskimo’s and what it’s like in the […]