Friday, October 28, 2011

MFW ECC Highlights: Week 11–Brazil

 

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 Welcome to our “Week 11 in Review” using Exploring Countries and Cultures in My Father’s World!

 

Nature Study this week: Squirrels and Chipmunks

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Our nature studies have been a priority in our schooling these past few weeks because the warm days are quickly coming to an end. 

This week’s Outdoor Hour Challenge was to compare and contrast the squirrel and chipmunk. 

We have lots of squirrels running around the woods near our home.  But we have yet to spot a chipmunk.  Maybe our 3 curious dachshund's keep them away! 

 

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Our Nature Study resources:

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Geography Focus this week: South America, Brazil

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  This is our last week in South America.  Next  week we fly to Europe. 

We studied the colors of the Brazilian flag and learned about the crops grown there.

A fun book I have enjoyed reading short tales, as we travel the world this year, has been the book Around the World in 80 TalesThe illustrations are beautiful too.

 

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Geography Vocabulary notebook illustration: Marsh

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Science focus this week: Tropical Rain forest

This was our last week learning about the Rain Forest.  The girls picked two animals to study more in depth: the Jaguar and Quetzal.  We watched the film Wild Amazon on the National Geographic channel.

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ECC co-op kids:

Yummy Avocado Recipe with apples

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Fall Harvest Party with pumpkin carving and costumes!

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Check out what others are doing this week in My Father’s World!

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5 comments:

  1. Thanks for hosting again! I get so many great ideas from other MFW homeschoolers.

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  2. I love chipmunks! They are so adorable! Your harvest party looked like fun. Did you roast the pumpkin seeds? My favorite part of the pumpkin!

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  3. The sweet avocado dip looks interesting! Might have to try that.

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  4. looks like you had a fun week!! I am really looking forward to ECC next year!!

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  5. We are enjoying Around the World in 80 Tales too. Also I like the marsh.....looks great!

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