Although we did these Australia activities ages ago I am only now getting around to posting about them. You can see my first post with more Australia activities here and my Australia Continent Box post here.
I found these wonderful books at the library. The first Sun Mother Wakes the World is a retelling of an Aboriginal creation myth with gorgeous artwork. The second book Are we there yet? by Alison Lester was a huge hit and a must in my opinion for anyone studying Australia. It is about a family who sets out in their camper and travels the whole way around Australia. L was super excited to see the same pictures as her landmark cards and we looked up some others on google images to see the exact same picture.
This is a picture of the materials I used to present the didgeridoo, Australian music and Aboriginal artwork to my music class. To read more about it and for the link to True Blue Wonders see this post.
We also made our own boomerangs. Your can find the template here. I traced the template onto a cereal box and cut it out and then L used it to trace her boomerang and cut it out. We decorated them and then tried them out.
These were a super fun outside activity and I would recommend trying different thicknesses of cardboard.
Included in the continent box are a few recipes. One is for Lamingtons which is basically a few day old cake covered in chocolate and then dipped in coconut. We tried out a bit more of a healthy option with bananas on a skewer and dark chocolate. We LOVED them! Warning this is a messy project but very tasty!
If you are working on your Continent Boxes and would like to win my classified cards you can enter to win here.
1 comment:
Thank You for sharing the boomerang template. I was going to get my cousin in law to bring me one, but this is great its very hands on to add to our culture box. Thanks Again! Leila from the other side of canada:)
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