North to Alaska:setting the stage
Feb 5th, 2008 by lapazfarm
Our educational pursuits have taken a decidedly northern turn here at LaPaz homeschool. We are beginning our in-depth Alaska study in preparation for the Iditarod and our upcoming move to that great state. To set the stage for our northern adventure I got a bit of white oil pastel and sketched out a great big outline of Alaska on our living room picture window and Superboy hung his Alaskan flag!
I hope to use this as a base for the children to add evidence of their Alaskan studies:cities, animals, landmarks, and of course the Iditarod trail. This week, in addition mapping the trail, we will each choose a musher to learn more about and follow in the race.
And our geography center is topped off with a fun activity that JBug and Squirt did today:totem poles!
We read the book Whale in the Sky and then they made their totem poles to resemble the one in the book. From top to bottom you can see Thunderbird, Whale, Raven, Salmon, and Frog. What fun!
And dh just sent us this picture of himself in our future hometown! Wow! Now that’s chilly!
The stage is set and there is lots more adventure ahead!
Negative 36 degrees, eh? WOW! I love the map on the window. That is SO cool!
That map is AWESOME! I love the idea. I will have to try that on my next unit. I would never of thought of that.
I love the totem poles. We are going to make them..as long as I can keep the kids from destroying the paper towels rolls.
That map idea was amazing. You always come up with the neatest things Theresa. Great job. The totem poles were so cool. I loved them. Brrr -36 degress. Too cold for me. Is there any way possibe that you could e-mail me. I have something that you might be interested in. Here is my email addy nanny_66@yahoo.com
I love it!!! What fun you will all be having!! Matthias is doing temp checks in five different locations around the world for a month, it’s
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-49 in the Yukon today
I just tagged you with a music meme. I promise that this is a one time deal. I don’t normaly tag people but this one was a blast.
DH and I have always wanted to live there…enjoy it for us!
I love that we get to follow along on this adventure with you! You are better than Michael Palin…and prettier too!
On the WINDOW !!!! How COOL !!!!
GB and I are going to follow the Iditarod, too. We just had so much fun last year. I can’t wait to see what you guys do!
On the window? I love you. What a fun idea. You know, each year I think about following the Iditarod. I see all the fun information out there and hear about the other homeschooling families and what they are doing but we’ve never jumped on the sled (so to speak). Maybe next year, I have a feeling I’m going to be packing like crazy for a move next month.
Love,
Theresa
Oh! How cool! I love the way you are building the excitment about your move into your studies. BTW