We have left Canada and entered Brazil. But I wanted to take a few moments to highlight some of our Canadian adventure. Until our recent studies, I never desired to visit Canada. Now, I think it would be really neat to see the Inuits that I grew up to know as Eskimos. And to see the Northern Lights would just be phenomenal! We learned that the Aurora Borealis shows a display at least once a week, which is quite often, but the Canadians never tire of seeing it. They say it's never the same, so it's always amazing.
We made soap sculptures similar to how the Inuits carve into soapstone, which is how many of them make a living.
And some of them really do live in igloos! So, we made our own igloos from sugar cubes. I got to the igloo a little late with my camera and it was already falling apart by the time I snapped the picture! Nonetheless, they were fun to make!
We found many great books at the library on Canada - some we read, others we looked through. I think I had about 100 books checked out at one point (for both kids)!
At the end of our last week in Canada (Friday night), we popped some popcorn, nestled under blankets on the couch and had a girl movie night while Daddy worked. We watched Anne of Green Gables since it was made in Canada on Prince Edward Island. I wasn't sure how my girls would like it, but they both loved it. I even overheard my youngest talking to her friend about it the next day! The book would have been a great read, but it's quite long and too much for either of my girls. I did check it out anyway, hoping to read it myself, and to show them that the movie was made from the book. Yes, I admit, I've never read this book! Add it to the list of books I've never read but always wanted to!
One other fascination with Canada was Niagra Falls. Emily really wants to go there now. What a fun trip that would be!
Even though Canada wasn't quite as "festive" as Mexico, I think we learned more on this trip because we didn't know as much about the people, provinces, and territories; and we had fun doing it!
Thanks for sharing! Awesome soap sculptures. I was totally intimidated to try that, so skipped all art projects. I agree with you about the Inuits! I was totally fascinated! My mom sent me a link to these pictures from YES! magazine...I can't believe how perfectly they fit in with our week. http://www.yesmagazine.org/search?SearchableText=canada
ReplyDeleteAnd I do the same with library books...we check out so many at once. Sometimes I think they hate to see me coming :) Can't wait to see what you have to share on Brazil.
Thank you, Emily. The soap sculptures were an easy (and "clean") project! You probably would have enjoyed doing them as much as the kids :)
ReplyDeleteI'm certain that the librarians think I'm nuts!