Posted in Galloping the Globe

Many (many) moons ago, I had a website.  This was before blogging became the preferred method of web-self-publishing, of course.  It's come as no surprise to me, having not updated that website in over two years, that old "free" website hosting sites are shutting down, mine included.

We did Galloping the Globe for Kindergarten.  Kate just started 4th grade, so it's been a while.  But, I did have a pretty nice list of things we did for the various countries all outlined on the old website. 

So, as an effort to "rescue" this data before it disappears into cyber-nowhere, I'll have a few posts here pertaining to our "gallop."  Hopefully some of this information will still be useful. 

Introduction

General Activities

• Maps and Mapping - by Deborah Chancellor. 
  In addition to reading the text, we did the
  "Treasure Map" and "Compass" activities from
  the back. I tried burning a hole into my map
  for effect - Kate still remembers how well *that*
  turned out!
• DK Eyewitness: Explorers - by Rupert
  Matthews
• Usborne Children's Picture Atlas
• We made a paper mache globe with instructions from Enchanted Learning.
• We made honey buns to go along with our study of bees (suggested by reading the Magic School Bus in a Beehive book).  The recipe for these can be found in the July 2005 issue of The Baking Sheet. 
• Butterfly waxed paper crafts from Enchanted Learning.

Explorers (we added the following texts about some of those featured in GtG):

• Leif Erickson - by Dan Zadra
• Ferdinand Magellen - by Claude Hurwicz
• The Voyage of Columbus: In His Own Words - a pop-up by Stacie Strong
• Sir Francis Drake - by Tanya Larkin
• A Picture Book of Christopher Columbus - by David Adler
• My Best Book of Pirates - by Barnaby Howard (a Kingfisher Book)

Literature:

• And the Dish Ran Away with the Spoon - by Janet Stevens (what happens in the nursery rhyme when they get lost and don't come back!  Cat, Cow, and Dog use a map - drawn by Fork - to find their way around fairytale land.)
• The Once Upon a Time Map Book - by B.J. Hennessey.  (A fun book!  Travel through six "once upon a time" places, like Oz or the top of Jack's Beanstalk, in search of treasures. For more skilled map readers or learners with lots of help.)
• Madlenka - by Peter Sis (a little girl loses her tooth and travels around her block to share her good news with many ethnic neighbors.)
• Mapping Penny's World - by Loreen Leedy (a child makes maps of the many places that she and her dog visit.  Covers various types of map styles.)
• Magic School Bus: Inside a Beehive - by Joanna Cole and Bruce Degan (One of the books from the popular series.)
• Waiting for Wings - by Lois Ehlert

Science: