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Light day today, since we're "cheating" and celebrating St. Lucia Day on Saturday. We read some web articles about Christmas in Sweden, then made a double batch of my nearly-famous Scandinavian Almond Bars. MMmmmMMMMMM!! 'Course, we are doing math & reading daily. Just so you don't think it's ALL fluff & games over here! LOL Renee - I wrote a post HERE about the web resources I'm using. The book I have is as old as I am and is called Christmas Stories Round the World edited by Lois S. Johnson. Any book of stories would do, I suppose, but I like this one because it has a page describing traditions for each country with each story and WONDERFUL full color illustrations. Probably OOP (Out Of Print) though. I don't have a "plan" per se, we just pick 3-4 countries a week. I try to find an interesting folk tale that describes Christmas in that country, either in a book or online (Google search is my friend!). Then I look up the country at one of the websites I mentioned in the above referenced blog entry. I find a recipe or two, then head out to World Market to find some goodies from each country (runs me about $50 - I just take it out of either the Christmas or Homeschooling budget). We generally act out part of the Christmas celebration with props around the house as well. Maybe in my FREE TIME I should write a unit study? BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!! I HIGHLY recommend trying this out one year. The dc have a BLAST and we really learn a LOT about other countries. More importantly, my older dc are learning that Christmas is NOT about the jolly fat guy and presents under the tree in most countries. (BTW - we "do" Santa per dh. Not complaining about that - it just gives a different perspective!) Peace, Katie |
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